The Good Angel of Death
  • Published: 1 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9780099513490
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $32.99

The Good Angel of Death

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The Good Angel of Death is a classic, first-rate Kurkov yarn which is sure to delight old and new fans alike.

When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he discovers an annotated manuscript hidden inside a copy of War and Peace and decides to track down its author, even if it means digging up the grave of a Ukranian nationalist who died in mysterious circumstances.

An exhumation reveals that an item of great national importance is buried near a fort in Kazakstan so when, during his night shift as a security guard, Kolya is threatened with mysterious phone calls, he sets off on what turns out to be a very bizarre journey. Along the way he meets a host of unlikely characters including Bedouins, ex-KGB officers and a spirit-like companion in the form of a chameleon.

From the author of cult bestseller, Death and the Penguin.
  • Published: 1 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9780099513490
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

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 writer of screenplays and author of critically acclaimed and popular novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin. Kurkov has long been a respected commentator on Ukraine for the world’s media, notably in the UK, France, Germany and the States.

Also by Andrey Kurkov

Ukraine Diaries
The Gardener from Ochakov
The Milkman in the Night
The President's Last Love
A Matter of Death and Life
Penguin Lost
The Case Of The General's Thumb
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Praise for The Good Angel of Death

Flits between dark and light exploring the twilight zone between fantasy and reality

John Thornhill, Financial Times

[A] hugely enjoyable novel about ethnic Ukrainian totems and allegiances, now translated a decade after it first appeared in Russian

Literary Review

Packs a lot of plot into this deadpan satire... Strange and tantalising

Metro

A rather beautiful dreamlike journey

Victoria Moore, Daily Mail

Kurkov is hugely talented, truly very funny

Time Out

Kurkov's style is spare and effective, drawing us with deceptive ease into a dense, complex world full of wonderful characters

Michael Palin