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Death and The Penguin

Death and The Penguin

Author(s): Andrey Kurkov

Location(s): Ukraine

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): early 2000s

Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror. He and Misha have been drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape.

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