When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he finds a book hidden within a volume of ” War & Peace”. Intrigued by the annotations that appear on every page, Kolya sets out to discover more about the scribbler. His investigations take him to a graveyard, & more specifically to the coffin of a Ukrainian nationalist who died in mysterious circumstances & was buried with a sealed letter & a manuscript. An exhumation under cover of darkness reveals that an item of great national importance is buried near a fort in Kazakhstan. As nightwatchman at a baby-milk factory, Kolya exposes himself to the attentions of a criminal gang, & so he decides to leave Kiev for a while. Armed with only three cases of baby milk, which have unexpected hallucinogenic properties, he sets off on what turns out to be a very bizarre journey: crossing the Caspian Sea & traversing the deserts of Kazakhstan. He meets a host of unlikely characters on the way, including Bedouins, ex-KGB officers & a spirit-like companion in the form of a chameleon...” The Good Angel of Death” is a classic, first-rate Kurkov yarn which is sure to delight old & new fans alike. ...

` With this one word, Lili had finally understood many things: that no matter what she promised or sacrificed or gave, she would always be `broken` to her daughter.` When Jasmin Darznik finds a photo among her father`s possessions shortly after his death, she recognises the child in the veil & bride`s clothes as her mother, Lili, but the groom is unfamiliar. Who had her mother married all those years before? A few months later Lili sends Jasmin ten cassette tapes which reveal the secret history of their family: the true story of the abusive man she married, & the daughter she was forced to leave behind. This is an unforgettable story of secrets, betrayal & exile, & of an unshakeable mother-daughter bond. ...

Laurence Walters arrives at his rural hospital posting full of optimism. Frank, the disgruntled deputy, is forced to share his room with the new arrival but is determined to stay out of Laurence`s ambitious schemes. When the dilapidated hospital is looted, the two men find themselves uneasy allies in a world where the past is demanding restitution from the present. ...

` You do not leave a sick child alone to face the dark & you do not leave a child at a time like this.` Warsaw, 1940. The Jewish ghetto is under the Nazis` brutal control. Hundreds of thousands of men, women & children slowly starve within the walls. But while all around is darkness, one man brings hope, caring for the ever-increasing number of destitute orphans in the face of unimaginable conditions.&, torn apart as the noose tightens around the ghetto, how will one young couple`s love survive the terrible tests of wartime? Half a million people lived in the Warsaw ghetto. Less than one percent survived to tell their story. This novel is based on the true accounts of Misha & Sophia, & on the life of one of Poland`s greatest men, Dr Janusz Korczak. ...

Morag & Heather, two eighteen-inch fairies with swords, green kilts & badly dyed hair fly through the window of the worst violinist in New York, an overweight & antisocial type named Dinnie, & vomit on his carpet. Who they are, how they came to New York & what this has to do with the lovely Kerry
- who lives across the street, & has Crohn`s Disease, & is making a flower alphabet
- & what this has to do with the other fairies (of all nationalities) of New York, not to mention the poor repressed fairies of Britain, is the subject of this book. It has a war in it, & a most unusual production of Shakespeare`s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S DREAM & Johnny Thunders` New York Dolls guitar solos. What more could anyone desire from a book?

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