Pre-Owned City of Thieves (Hardcover) 9780670018703

from erikschmidt

This is a splendid book. In an era of overwrought prose, this author conveys more with a restrained sentence than many can in an entire paragraph. The characters are deftly composed and the humor and tragedy balance unevenly, giving it all the feel of an absurd but real series of events. I have r...

from Drifter83

This is one of the better books I've read in some time. Good plot, quality writing, interesting characters - City of Thieves has it all.The war setting makes every scene a bit more anxious, particularly when juxtaposed with otherwise light or humorous situations. Benioff does a nice job establish...

from SqueakyChu

City of Thieves takes place during the German siege of Leningrad during World War II. Lev, a Jewish boy who steals a knife from the corpse of a German soldier, is arrested along with Kolya, an army deserter. In return for their freedom, both are given the frivolous task of finding a dozen eggs in...

from BHHSLIBRARY

This book has a deceptively simple plot: During the siege of Stalingrad, a colonel offers to spare the lives of Lev, a teenager arrested for looting, and Kolya, a soldier accused of desertion, if they find a dozen eggs to bake a wedding cake for the colonel's spoiled daughter. The only problem, o...

from msf59

January 1942, the siege of Leningrad. Two young Russian men are arrested, one for theft and the other for desertion. Serious war-time offenses.Enter a high-ranking officer, who is preparing a wedding for his precious daughter. He lacks a main ingredient for the wedding cake. He offers the prisone...