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Benioff, David.

City of thieves : a novel / David Benioff. - New York : Plume, [2009], c2008. - 258 p. ; 21 cm.

Wilson's Fiction, March 2009 Library Journal Starred, April 2008 Pub Weekly, February 2008 Kirkus Starred, March 2008 Booklist, April 2008 New York Times, July 2008 Christian Library, June 2009

Seventeen-year-old Lev Beniov, having been arrested for looting the corpse of a German paratrooper, is given the opportunity to be released from jail if he, along with a soldier imprisoned for desertion, can secure twelve eggs to be used in the colonel's daughter's wedding cake by traversing the dangerous streets of Leningrad.

Adult Follett Library Resources

Alex Award, 2009

0452295297


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PS3552.E54425 / C58 2009

813/.54 [Fic]

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