City of Thieves
by David Benioff
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670018708
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018703
- Seller
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Springfield, Missouri, United States
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Synopsis
From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over , a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. 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, 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Backwater Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio485
- Title
- City of Thieves
- Author
- David Benioff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First ed., First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670018708
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018703
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 258
- LCCN
- 2007042784
- Keywords
- First Edition
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