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  The Good Angel of Death (Paperback) By (author) Andrey Kurkov, Translated by Andrew Bromfield

  

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  Short Description for The Good Angel of DeathWhen Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he finds a book hidden within a volume of "War and Peace". His investigations take him to a graveyard, and more specifically to the coffin of a Ukrainian nationalist who died in mysterious circumstances and was buried with a sealed letter and a manuscript.
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  • Publisher: HARVILL SECKER
  • Published: 06 August 2009
  • Format: Paperback 384 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781846551178 ISBN 10: 184655117X
  • Sales rank: 406,106

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Full description for The Good Angel of Death

• When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he finds a book hidden within a volume of "War and Peace". Intrigued by the annotations that appear on every page, Kolya sets out to discover more about the scribbler. His investigations take him to a graveyard, and more specifically to the coffin of a Ukrainian nationalist who died in mysterious circumstances and was buried with a sealed letter and a manuscript. An exhumation under cover of darkness reveals that an item of great national importance is buried near a fort in Kazakhstan. As nightwatchman at a baby-milk factory, Kolya exposes himself to the attentions of a criminal gang, and so he decides to leave Kiev for a while. Armed with only three cases of baby milk, which have unexpected hallucinogenic properties, he sets off on what turns out to be a very bizarre journey: crossing the Caspian Sea and traversing the deserts of Kazakhstan. He meets a host of unlikely characters on the way, including Bedouins, ex-KGB officers and a spirit-like companion in the form of a chameleon..."The Good Angel of Death" is a classic, first-rate Kurkov yarn which is sure to delight old and new fans alike.