All that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin.Viktor writes obituaries for a newspaper in Kyiv the only creature he trusts is his pet penguin, Misha. But when his subjects start dying while their tributes sit in his drawer, Viktor realises hes writing death notices to order.Bleakly funny and quietly tragic, Death and the Penguin captures life in a collapsing world where conscience and corruption blur. Kurkovs understated prose turns absurdity into menace a masterpiece of Eastern European noir with feathers and frostbite.A tragicomic masterpiece Daily TelegraphA black comedy of rare distinction Spectator

Binding: Paperback;240 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 308 g; Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 16

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