9781860469459
Vintage
Paperback
227pp
Vintage
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Andrei Kurkov Vintage FUP|FBA|FXM|FYT Paperback 2002

The deadpan tone works perfectly and it will be a hard-hearted reader who is not touched by Viktor's relationship with his unusual pet
The Times

A chilling black comedy
Guardian

A striking portrait of post-Soviet isolation… In this bleak moral landscape Kurkov manages to find ample refuge for his dark humour
New York Times

A minor tragi-comic masterpiece
Daily Telegraph

A brilliant satirical take on life in modern-day Kiev. Watch out, though, as Kurkov's writing style is highly addictive
Punch

'Our anti-hero finds himself writing obituaries for soon to be deceased undesirables in the chaotic and dangerous modern Ukraine, macaberly observed by his depressed pet King Penguin Misha. Immensely readable with terrifically dark humour, loved it.'
Wayne Winstone, Ottakars

One of my favourite novels of all time
Misha Glenny