City of Thieves: A Novel
by David Benioff | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0452295297 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0452295297 Global Overview for this book
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eponine38
of Winchester, Massachusetts USA on 2/9/2018
This book is in a Controlled Release!
eponine38 of Winchester, Massachusetts USA on 2/9/2018 This book is in a Controlled Release!
2 journalers for this copy...
I'm always happy to find another copy of this title to share. Read it a few years ago and loved it, despite the dark subject. There is enough humor to balance it out.
My earlier comments:
"I loved this book, which is saying quite a lot, as I usually shy away from violence or gruesome descriptions - and this story certainly has its share of them. But the two main characters were just so real and occasionally very funny. Benioff does an excellent job of blending wartime horrors with humor. It works well in this book. Highly recommended!"
Amazon:
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, the New York Times bestseller 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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Reserved for bookstogive's General Literature VBB (Round 19)
My earlier comments:
"I loved this book, which is saying quite a lot, as I usually shy away from violence or gruesome descriptions - and this story certainly has its share of them. But the two main characters were just so real and occasionally very funny. Benioff does an excellent job of blending wartime horrors with humor. It works well in this book. Highly recommended!"
Amazon:
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, the New York Times bestseller 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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Reserved for bookstogive's General Literature VBB (Round 19)
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I hope you enjoy the book!
I hope you enjoy the book!
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