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''Kurkov is hugely talented. Truly very funny'' Time Out

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 prepare to die.

Murdered, you will be of greater interest than ever you were in life. More to him than met the eye will be the judgement. A mysterious killing lives long in the popular memory. Our hero meticulously plans his own demise, except for one detail: what if he suddenly decides he wants to live?



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Kurkov's eye for the absurdities of Ukrainian life is as sharp as ever * Sunday Telegraph *
A perfectly balanced read * Scotland on Sunday *
A brilliant black comedy * Evening Standard *
Excellent... Blackly comic. Remarkable * New York Times *
Kurkov conjures up both Gogol and Dostoevsky... Genuinely original * Scotsman *

A Matter of Death and Life

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    A Paperback / softback by Andrey Kurkov, George Bird

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 02/03/2006
      ISBN13: 9780099461586, 978-0099461586
      ISBN10: 0099461587
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Kurkov is hugely talented. Truly very funny'' Time Out

      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 prepare to die.

      Murdered, you will be of greater interest than ever you were in life. More to him than met the eye will be the judgement. A mysterious killing lives long in the popular memory. Our hero meticulously plans his own demise, except for one detail: what if he suddenly decides he wants to live?



      Trade Review
      Kurkov's eye for the absurdities of Ukrainian life is as sharp as ever * Sunday Telegraph *
      A perfectly balanced read * Scotland on Sunday *
      A brilliant black comedy * Evening Standard *
      Excellent... Blackly comic. Remarkable * New York Times *
      Kurkov conjures up both Gogol and Dostoevsky... Genuinely original * Scotsman *

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