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The Silver Bone: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024

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By (author): Andrey Kurkov

Translated by: Boris Dralyuk

A very intriguing and atmospheric novel by a highly accomplished writer . . . A fascinating read in the light of contemporary events Alexander McCall Smith, Bestselling Author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion.


When Samson Kolechko's father is murdered, his last act is to save his son from a falling Cossack sabre. Deprived of his right ear instead of his head, Samson is left an orphan, with only his father's collection of abacuses for company.

Until, that is, his flat is requisitioned by two Red Army soldiers, whose secret plans Samson is somehow able to overhear with uncanny clarity. Eager to thwart them, he stumbles into a world of murder and intrigue that will either be the making of him - or finish what the Cossack started.

Inflected with Kurkov's signature humour and magical realism, The Silver Bone takes inspiration from the real life archives of crime enforcement agencies in Kyiv, crafting a propulsive narrative that bursts to life with rich historical detail.

Translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk

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  • Weight: 360g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 232mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Mar 2024
  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781529426502

About Andrey Kurkov

Born near Leningrad in 1961 Andrey Kurkov was a journalist prison warder cameraman and screenplay-writer before he became well known as a novelist. He received hundreds of rejections and was a pioneer of self-publishing selling more than 75000 copies of his books in a single year. His novel Death and the Penguin became an international bestseller translated into more than thirty languages. As well as writing fiction for adults and children he has become known as a commentator and journalist on Ukraine for the international media. His work of reportage Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches from Kiev was followed by the novels The Bickford Fuse Grey Bees and Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv (longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023) as well as his non-fiction work Diary of an Invasion (2022).

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