'Good-hearted and brutal at the same time, The Milkman in the Night is a complex, unsettling mixture of bleakness and warmth' Sunday Times
Read this eccentric epic from the author of cult classic Death and the Penguin
Semyon is disturbed. He has woken up in the living room with blood on his shirt, an angry wife and no idea where he was the night before. When this happens several mornings in a row, he realises he needs to investigate.
After his friend Volodka follows him one night, they discover he's meeting a tall, blonde woman and accompanying her to her apartment. In the daytime he doesn't know this woman or where her apartment is and, odder yet, someone is watching Volodka watching Semyon.
Meanwhile, there are some strange goings-on in Kyiv - an unemployed sniffer-dog handler makes a dangerous discovery, a single mother is providing breast milk for an unusual recipient and a vengeful cat is on the loose...
| ISBN: | 9780099548867 |
| Publication date: | 2nd August 2012 |
| Author: | Andrei Kurkov |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 474 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Political / Legal Thrillers Magical realism Satirical fiction and parodies Narrative theme: Politics Fiction in translation |
'Good-hearted and brutal at the same time, The Milkman in the Night is a complex, unsettling mixture of bleakness and warmth' Sunday Times
Read this eccentric epic from the author of cult classic Death and the Penguin
Semyon is disturbed. He has woken up in the living room with blood on his shirt, an angry wife and no idea where he was the night before. When this happens several mornings in a row, he realises he needs to investigate.
After his friend Volodka follows him one night, they discover he's meeting a tall, blonde woman and accompanying her to her apartment. In the daytime he doesn't know this woman or where her apartment is and, odder yet, someone is watching Volodka watching Semyon.
Meanwhile, there are some strange goings-on in Kyiv - an unemployed sniffer-dog handler makes a dangerous discovery, a single mother is providing breast milk for an unusual recipient and a vengeful cat is on the loose...
The Milkman in the Night features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Political / Legal Thrillers, Magical realism, Satirical fiction and parodies, Narrative theme: Politics, Fiction in translation
The Milkman in the Night is available in Paperback
The Milkman in the Night was written by Andrei Kurkov and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
The Milkman in the Night has 474 pages
£9.89