City of Thieves (Reprint) (Paperback) by David Benioff
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> Benioff follows up "The 25th Hour" with this hard-to-put-down novel based on his grandfather's stories about surviving World War II in Russia. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>From the critically acclaimed author of <i>The 25th Hour </i>and <i>When the Nines Roll Over </i>and co-creator of t<b>he HBO series <i>Game of Thrones</i></b>, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival -- and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.</b> <p/> 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. <p/> By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, the <i>New York Times </i>bestseller <i>City of Thieves</i> 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. <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> "The novel tells a refreshingly traditional tale, driven by an often ingenious plot . . . [Benioff] shifts tone with perfect control - no recent novel I have read travels so quickly and surely between registers, from humor to devastation."<br><b>-<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p/>"This spellbinding story perfectly blends tragedy and comedy."<br> <b>-<i>USA Today</i></b> <p/> "Splendid . . . Benioff has produced a funny, sad, and thrilling novel." <br> <b>-<i>Entertainment Weekly </i>(Grade: A-)</b> <p/> "Benioff blends humor and horror expertly." <br> <b>-<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b> <p/> "A deft storyteller, Benioff writes about starvation, cannibalism, and Nazi atrocities with poise and cinematic flair. If <i>Thieves</i> were a movie, it would start out like <i>Schindler's List</i> and end up like <i>Raiders of the Lost Ark</i>."<br> <b>-<i>People</i></b> <p/> <i>City of Thieves</i> is a coming-of-age story brilliantly amplified by its worn-torn backdrop . . . Benioff's finest achievement in City of Thieves has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page.<br> <b>-<i>The</i> <i>Washington Post</i></b> <p/> "<i>City of Thieves</i> is flat-out great . . . Benioff's screen writing chops are in full force here - the plot careens along with cinematic verve - but that's expected. The surprise is Benioff's understated wisdom and tenderness."<br> <b>-</b><i><b>Men's Journa</b>l</i> <p/> "David Benioff, has written a gripping war novel. With lots of humour, suspense and tragedy he shows the desperate lives of the people who were caught between two opposing forces during the Second World War."<br> <b>-<i>The Guardian</i></b> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> David Benioff was born and raised in New York City. He adapted his first novel, <i>The 25th Hour</i>, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. With many other screenplays to his credit, he is also the writer of the films, Brothers and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Stories from his critically acclaimed collection <i>When the Nines Roll Over</i> appeared in <i>Best New American Voices</i> and <i>The Best Nonrequired American Reading</i>. His latest novel is <i>City of Thieves</i>. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter where he is a co-creator and writer for the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. <br>
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