City Of Thieves

From the writer of the award-winning Game of Thrones series for HBO based on the books of George R. R. Martin. 'David Benioff is an exceptional storyteller . . . CITY OF THIEVES is tender; illuminating; and; be warned; often shocking.' Khaled Hosseini Four months into the siege of Leningrad; the city is starving. Seventeen-year-old Lev fears for his life when he is arrested for looting the body of a dead German paratrooper; while his charismatic cellmate; Kolya; a handsome young soldier arrested for desertion; seems bizarrely unafraid. Dawn brings; instead of an execution squad; an impossible challenge. Lev and Kolya can find a dozen eggs for an NKVD colonel to use for his daughter's wedding cake; and live. Or fail; and die. In the depths of the coldest winter in history; through a city cut off from all supplies and suffering appalling deprivation; man and boy embark on an absurd hunt. Their search will take them through desolate; lawless Leningrad and the devastated countryside surrounding it; in the captivating journey of two men trying to survive against desperate odds.