{"product_id":"the-silver-bone-9780063352285","title":"The Silver Bone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Ukraine's most celebrated novelist, a perplexing mystery that introduces rookie detective Samson Kolechko in Kyiv as he is tackling his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKyiv, 1919.\u003c\/em\u003e World War I has ended in Western Europe, but to the East, six factions continue to vie for control of Ukraine. Amidst the political turmoil, young Samson Kolechko is forced to place his engineering career on hold. But in the city of Kyiv everything remains up for grabs and new opportunity lurks just around the corner . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen two Red Army soldiers commandeer his home, Samson's life is completely upended. But as Samson juggles his personal life -including a budding romance with the ingenious Nadezhda, a statistician helping run the city's census- with the soldiers' intrusion, he winds up overhearing their secret plans. Deciding to report them, Samson instead finds himself unwittingly recruited as an investigator for the city's new police force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis first case involves two murders, a long bone made of pure silver, and a suit of decidedly unusual proportions tailored from fine English cloth. The odds stacked against him, Samson turns to Nadezhda, who proves to be more than his match. Inflected with Kurkov's signature humor and off kilter universe, \u003cem\u003eThe Silver Bone\u003c\/em\u003e takes its inspiration from the archives of Kyiv's secret police, crafting a propulsive narrative bursting to life with rich historical detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063352285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrey Kurkov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471023145141,"sku":"9780063352285","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b2e08074-1958-4103-b09f-b856f5433409.jpg?v=1704821641","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-silver-bone-9780063352285","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}