City of Thieves by David Benioff
Peripatetic, funny, moving adventures of an unlikely Butch and Sundance, from the screenwriter of HBO's Game of Thrones.
Four months into the siege of Leningrad, the city is starving. Seventeen-year-old Lev fears for his life when he is arrested for looting the body of a dead German paratrooper, while his charismatic cellmate Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested for desertion, seems bizarrely unafraid. Dawn brings, instead of the execution squad, an impossible challenge. Lev and Kolya can find a dozen eggs for an NKVD colonel to use for his daughter's wedding cake, and live. Or fail, and die. In the depths of the coldest winter in history, through a city cut off from all supplies and suffering appalling deprivation, man and boy embark on an absurd hunt. Their search will take them through desolate, lawless Leningrad and the devastated countryside surrounding it, in the captivating journey of two men trying to survive against desperate odds.
About the Author
David Benioff has published articles and stories in GQ, Seventeen and Zoetrope. Born and raised in New York City, he now lives in Los Angeles.
Paperback | 320 pages
160 x 233 x 25mm | 424g
26 Jun 2008
HODDER & STOUGHTON
Sceptre
United Kingdom
0340923156
9780340923153
Condition: Good
A secondhand book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with very minimal creasing but no tearing. All pages have very minor discolouring around the edges. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. And old and age but clean and solid copy.