If you want something a little bit different, a little bit zany, dark, comic and absurd, then this is for you. At its core is the search for Misha the penguin, sadly abandoned in Death and the Penguin and although completely different, this has a feel of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels about it, only it’s the Russian mafia that our hero must confront.
Comparisons: Carl Hiaasen, Charles Higson, Christopher Brookmyre.
Similar this month: Gerald Seymour, Joseph Finder.
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Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov
Penguin Lost features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, General Fiction, Recommendations
Ebook, Paperback. £14.95. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
Penguin Lost was written by Andrey Kurkov and published by Melville House
£14.95. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
