City of thieves : a novel / David Benioff.
"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 hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible. By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, the New York Times bestseller 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."-- Provided by Publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670018703 :
- ISBN: 0670018708
- ISBN: 9780452295292 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: 258 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Viking ; 2008.
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0
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Subject: | Grandparent and child > Fiction. Reminiscing in old age > Fiction. Russians > United States > Fiction. Survival > Fiction. Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Greenwood Public Library.
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Greenwood Public Library | Fic BEN (Text) | 35141000254160 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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David Benioff was born and raised in New York City. He adapted his first novel, The 25th Hour, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. With many other screenplays to his credit, he is also the writer of the films, "Brothers" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Stories from his critically acclaimed collection When the Nines Roll Over appeared in Best New American Voices and The Best Nonrequired American Reading. His latest novel is City of Thieves. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter where he is a co-creator and writer for the HBO hit series "Game of Thrones."