MAY CRIME CLUB SELECTION

Viking, $24.95 (signed first edition)

This second novel by the author of THE 25TH HOUR is a gripping adventure set mostly in wartime Leningrad. Teenager Lev Beniov is arrested for looting the body of a German paratrooper. In jail, he meets Kolya, a young deserter who is also a classic "fixer." Lev and Kolya are offered a deal: they can escape execution if they can come up with a dozen eggs for the colonel's daughter's wedding cake. Their search takes them from the lawless streets of Leningrad to the neighboring countryside, as the young men learn the lessons that will keep them alive.

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