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A Matter of Death and Life
Andrey Kurkov
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Description for A Matter of Death and Life
Paperback. A mysterious killing lives long in the popular memory. Our hero meticulously plans his own demise, except for one detail: what if he suddenly decides he wants to live? Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 88. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
'Kurkov is hugely talented. Truly very funny' Time Out
Marital troubles? Sick of life? Suicide the answer? Why not get yourself a contract killer?
Nothing easier, provided you communicate only by phone and box number. You give him your photograph, specify when and where to find you, then sit back and prepare to die.
Murdered, you will be of greater interest than ever you were in life. More to him than met the eye will be the judgement. A mysterious killing lives long in the popular memory. Our hero meticulously plans his own demise, except ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099461586
SKU
KKD0001846
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Andrey Kurkov
Andrey Kurkov was born in St Petersburg in 1961. Having graduated from the Kiev Foreign Languages Institute, he worked for some time as a journalist, did his military service as a prison warder in Odessa, then became a film cameraman, writer of screenplays and author of critically acclaimed and popular novels, including the cult bestseller Death and the Penguin.
Reviews for A Matter of Death and Life
Kurkov's eye for the absurdities of Ukrainian life is as sharp as ever
Sunday Telegraph
A perfectly balanced read
Scotland on Sunday
A brilliant black comedy
Evening Standard
Excellent... Blackly comic. Remarkable
New York Times
Kurkov conjures up both Gogol and Dostoevsky... Genuinely original
Scotsman
Sunday Telegraph
A perfectly balanced read
Scotland on Sunday
A brilliant black comedy
Evening Standard
Excellent... Blackly comic. Remarkable
New York Times
Kurkov conjures up both Gogol and Dostoevsky... Genuinely original
Scotsman