Death and the penguin
Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the...
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Harvill Press,
2002.
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| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20240109175400.0 | ||
| 008 | 001107s2002 enk 000 f eng c | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Kurkov, Andreĭ. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Smertʹ postoronnego. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Death and the penguin / |c Andrey Kurkov ; translated from the Russian by George Bird. |
| 260 | |a London : |b Harvill Press, |c 2002. | ||
| 300 | |a 227 pages ; |c 20 cm | ||
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| 546 | |a In English, translated from the Russian. | ||
| 520 | |a Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror. He and Misha have been drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Penguins |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Pets |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Authors |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Thrillers (Fiction) |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Suspense fiction. |2 gsafd | |
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a HOLT |b HadFIC |c F Kurkov |d i |e 39241503750130 |f 743923 |g loc |i Paperback |j 03/22/2023 | ||
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