Penguin Lost Av Andrej Kurkov

<p><b><i>''</i></b><b>Rich, authentic and entertaining'' <i>New Statesman</i></b><br><b><br>Discover the darkly funny follow-up to cult classic <i>Death and the Penguin</i></b><br><br>Viktor - last seen in <i>Death and the Penguin</i> 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, then convalescent from a heart-transplant, Viktor determines to make amends. Viktor falls in with a Mafia boss who engages him to help in his election campaign, then introduces him to men who might further his search for Misha, said to be in a private zoo in Chechnya.<br><br> What ensues is for Viktor both a quest and an odyssey of atonement, and, for the reader, an experience as rich, topical and illuminating as <i>Death and the Penguin</i>.</p>