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From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible.By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.
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City of Thieves, David Benioff
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- City of Thieves
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Benioff
- Publisher
- Viking
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 310
- ISBN10
- 0340822309
- ISBN13
- 9780340822302
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Mystery Novels, Humor, Love, Friendship, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, Death, Russia, Fight, Search, Winter, Cold, Weddings, Starvation, Famine, Siege, Eggs, Leningrad, Blockade
- First published
- 2008
- Original title
- City of Thieves
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible.By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.