Kurkov, Andreĭ

Death and the penguin by Andreĭ Kurkov ( Book )
33 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in 17 languages and held by 548 libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman philosophique. Roman d'humour.

Penguin lost by Andreĭ Kurkov ( Book )
17 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 238 libraries worldwide

The president's last love by Andreĭ Kurkov ( Book )
16 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 209 libraries worldwide
Becoming President of Ukraine in 2011 -- almost by accident -- the narrator has survived an attempted poisoning and the blocking tactics of Russian President, Vladimir Putin. There are love stories involving women, but also the love of the homeland ; but will the voters love the President? Risible political tale which proved to be eerily accurate in its descriptions of political machinations.

A matter of death and life by Andreĭ Kurkov ( Book )
7 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 205 libraries worldwide
If you are tired of everything, why not get yourself a contract killer. Nothing easier, provided you communicate only by phone and box number. You give him your photograph, and full details then sit back and prepare to die. Suspense.

The good angel of death by Андрей Курков ( Book )
15 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 171 libraries worldwide
When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he finds a book hidden within a volume of 'War and Peace'. Intrigued by the notes that appear on every page, Kolya sets out to find out more about the scribbler. His investigations take him to the coffin of a Ukrainian nationalist who died in mysterious circumstances.

The case of the general's thumb by Andreĭ Kurkov ( Book )
4 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 168 libraries worldwide

The good angel of death by Andreĭ Kurkov ( Book )
10 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 77 libraries worldwide

Любимая песня космополита : [повести и рассказы by Андрей Курков ( Book )
9 editions published between 1998 and 2006 in Russian and Ukrainian and held by 70 libraries worldwide

Пикник на льду : [роман by Андрей Курков ( Book )
11 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in Russian and held by 70 libraries worldwide
Viktor, a struggling writer in chaotic 1990s Kiev, adopts a penguin named Misha because the city's post-Soviet zoo can no longer afford to feed it. His life is further complicated by a job writing obituaries for living people, who suddenly begin to die under mysterious and bizarre circumstances.

Un ami du defunt A friend of the deceased ( Visual )
2 editions published in 1998 in Russian and held by 67 libraries worldwide
Set in Kiev, Ukraine, this very dark comedy, is about a well-educated but unemployed translator, Tolla, who discovers that his successful wife is planning to leave him. Unable to find a decent job and depressed, Tolla hires a hitman to kill himself and then changes his mind.