City of Thieves

A Novel

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  • From
  • the
  • critically
  • acclaimed
  • author
  • of
  • The
  • 25th
  • Hour
  • and
  • When
  • the
  • Nines
  • Roll
  • Over
  • and
  • co-creator
  • of
  • the
  • HBO
  • series
  • Game
  • of
  • Thrones,
  • a
  • captivating
  • novel
  • about
  • war,
  • courage,
  • survival
  • and
  • a
  • remarkable
  • friendship
  • that
  • ripples
  • across
  • a
  • lifetime.During
  • the
  • Nazis’
  • brutal
  • siege
  • of
  • Leningrad,
  • Lev
  • Beniov
  • is
  • arrested
  • for
  • looting
  • and
  • thrown
  • into
  • the
  • same
  • cell
  • as
  • a
  • handsome
  • deserter
  • named
  • Kolya.
  • Instead
  • of
  • being
  • executed,
  • Lev
  • and
  • Kolya
  • are
  • given
  • a
  • shot
  • at
  • saving
  • their
  • own
  • lives
  • by
  • complying
  • with
  • an
  • outrageous
  • directive:
  • secure
  • a
  • dozen
  • eggs
  • for
  • a
  • powerful
  • Soviet
  • colonel
  • to
  • use
  • in
  • his
  • daughter’s
  • wedding
  • cake.
  • In
  • a
  • city
  • cut
  • off
  • from
  • all
  • supplies
  • and
  • suffering
  • unbelievable
  • deprivation,
  • Lev
  • and
  • Kolya
  • embark
  • on
  • a
  • hunt
  • through
  • the
  • dire
  • lawlessness
  • of
  • Leningrad
  • and
  • behind
  • enemy
  • lines
  • to
  • find
  • the
  • impossible.By
  • turns
  • insightful
  • and
  • funny,
  • thrilling
  • and
  • terrifying,
  • the
  • New
  • York
  • Times
  • bestseller
  • City
  • of
  • Thieves
  • is
  • a
  • gripping,
  • cinematic
  • World
  • War
  • II
  • adventure
  • and
  • an
  • intimate
  • coming-of-age
  • story
  • with
  • an
  • utterly
  • contemporary
  • feel
  • for
  • how
  • boys
  • become men.
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