Andrey Kurkov

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2004
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • Case of the General's Thumb

  • Penguin Lost

    Viktor - last seen in Death and the Penguin fleeing Mafia vengeance on an Antarctica-bound flight booked for Penguin Misha - seizes a heaven-sent opportunity to return to Kiev with a new identity. Clear now as to the enormity of abandoning Misha, the...

  • A Matter of Death and Life

    Marital troubles? Sick of life? Suicide the answer? Why not get yourself a contract killer? Nothing easier, provided you communicate only by phone and box number. You give him your photograph, specify when and where to find you, then sit back and ...

  • The President's Last Love

    Moscow, 2013. Bunin, the Ukrainian President, has joined other heads of state in an open air swimming pool to drink vodka and celebrate with Putin. During his rise to power Bunin has juggled with formidable and eccentric political and personal challe...

  • The Good Angel of Death

    When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he discovers an annotated manuscript hidden inside a copy of War and Peace and decides to track down its author, even if it means digging up the grave of a Ukranian nationalist who died in mysterious circumst...

  • Death and the Penguin

    A masterful tale set in post-Soviet Kiev that's both darkly-funny and ominous...

    In the widely hailed prequel to Penguin Lost, aspiring writer Viktor Zolotaryov leads a down-and-out life in poverty-and-violence-wracked Kiev -- he’s out of wo...

  • Ukraine Diaries

    Acclaimed author Andrey Kurkov gives powerful insight into life in Kyiv following the 2013 protests and before the 2022 Russian invasion.-16°C, sunlight, silence. I drove the children to school, then went to see the revolution. I walked between the ...

  • The Gardener from Ochakov

    Igor is confident his old Soviet policeman's uniform will be the best costume at the party. But he hasn't gone far before he realises something is wrong. The streets are unusually dark and empty, and the only person to emerge from the shadows runs aw...

  • The Bickford Fuse

    Catch-22 meets The Brothers Karamazov in the last great satire of the Soviet EraThe Great Patriotic War is stumbling to a close, but a new darkness has fallen over Soviet Russia. And for a disparate, disconnected clutch of wanderers - many thousands ...



  • Grey Bees

    2022 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER FOR TRANSLATED FICTIONWith a warm yet political humor, Ukraine’s most famous novelist presents a balanced and illuminating portrait of modern conflict.Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, ...

  • The Milkman in the Night

  • Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv

  • The Silver Bone

    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE"With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart." â€"Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Very intriguing and atmospheric ... a fascinating read in the light of contemporary e...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Andrey Kurkov has published 13 books.

Andrey Kurkov does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Silver Bone, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Andrey Kurkov, Case of the General's Thumb, was published in April 2004.

No. Andrey Kurkov does not write books in series.
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