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**A Summer 2024 pick in the Times Literary Supplement and the Financial Times**
"Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre" New York Times
"A very intriguing and atmospheric novel by a highly accomplished…
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The first in a new mystery series by celebrated Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris Dralyuk. A thoroughly original setting--1919 Kyiv--is the real star here; the mystery itself takes a backseat. Kurkov brilliantly captures the chaos and uncertainty of post-WWI Ukraine. This translation makes a relatively unknown but profoundly important history accessible to an American audience.
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