Death and the Penguin

All that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin.Viktor writes obituaries for a newspaper in Kyiv; the only creature he trusts is his pet penguin, Misha. But when his subjects start dying while their tributes sit in his drawer, Viktor realises he s writing death notices to order.Bleakly funny and quietly tragic, Death and the Penguin captures life in a collapsing world where conscience and corruption blur. Kurkov s understated prose turns absurdity into menace - a masterpiece of Eastern European noir with feathers and frostbite. A tragicomic masterpiece Daily Telegraph A black comedy of rare distinction Spectator