A Matter of Death and Life

Andrey Kurkov, George Bird

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English

Vintage
01 May 2006

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

'Kurkov is hugely talented. Truly very funny' -Time Out

Marital troubles? Sick of life? Suicide the answer? Why not get yourself a contract killer?

Nothing easier, provided you communicate only by phone and box number. You give him your photograph, specify when and where to find you, then sit back and prepare to die.

Murdered, you will be of greater interest than ever you were in life. More to him than met the eye will be the judgement. A mysterious killing lives long in the popular memory. Our hero meticulously plans his own demise, except for one detail- what if he suddenly decides he wants to live?

'Kurkov's eye for the absurdities of Ukrainian life is as sharp as ever' - Sunday Telegraph

By: Andrey Kurkov
Translated by: George Bird
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 87g
ISBN: 9780099461586
ISBN 10: 0099461587
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 May 2006
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ANDREY KURKOV, born in St Petersburg in 1961, now lives in Kiev. Having graduated from the Kiev Foreign Languages Institute, he worked for some time as a journalist, did his military service as a prison warder at Odessa, then became a film cameraman, writer of screenplays and author of critically acclaimed and popular novels.

Reviews for A Matter of Death and Life

Kurkov's eye for the absurdities of Ukrainian life is as sharp as ever * Sunday Telegraph * A perfectly balanced read * Scotland on Sunday * A brilliant black comedy * Evening Standard * Excellent... Blackly comic. Remarkable * New York Times * Kurkov conjures up both Gogol and Dostoevsky... Genuinely original * <I>Scotsman *