The silver bone : a novel / Andrey Kurkov ; translated by Boris Dralyuk.
Kyiv, 1919. World War I has ended in Western Europe, but to the East, six factions vie for control of Ukraine. Amidst the instability, young Samson Kolechko places his engineering career on hold. But in the city of Kyiv where competing patrols, black-market enterprise, and mayhem prevail everything remains up for grabs and new opportunity lurks just around the corner . . . When two Red Army soldiers commandeer his home, Samson plays the reluctant host. As Samson juggles his personal life a budding romance with the ingenious Nadezhda, a statistician helping run the city's census with the soldiers' imposition, he winds up overhearing their secret plans. Deciding to report them, Samson instead finds himself unwittingly recruited as an investigator for the city's new police force. His first case is a perplexing mystery involving two murders, a long bone made of pure silver, and a decidedly unusual suit tailored from fine English cloth. With the odds stacked against him, Samson turns to Nadezhda, who proves to be more than a match.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063352285
- ISBN: 0063352281
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Via, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published as Samson i Nadezhda in Ukraine in 2020 by Folio. |
| Language Note: | In English, translated from Russian. |
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| Subject: | Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Police > Fiction. Corruption > Fiction. Ukraine > History > 1917-1921 > Fiction. Kyïv (Ukraine) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield | FIC Kurkov (Text) | 38955500124830 | Adult New Fiction | Reshelving | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F KUR (Text) | 0020660244144 | Adult New Fiction | In process | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC (Text) | BRAS21434491179764 | Adult New Fiction | On order | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | KUR / Mystery (Text) | 33258010362434 | Adult New Fiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Lenoir Library | F KURKOV Andrey (Text) | 50669013239836 | Adult New Fiction | In process | - |
| Mills River Branch | KUR / Mystery (Text) | 33258010362425 | Adult New Fiction | In transit | - |
| Oakley/South Asheville Library | F KUR (Text) | 0020660244151 | Adult New Fiction | In process | - |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | FIC Kurkov, Andreĭ (Text) | 0112524237009 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Rural Hall Branch | FIC Kurkov, Andreĭ (Text) | 0112524236983 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 03/26/2024 |
| Walkertown Branch | FIC Kurkov, Andreĭ (Text) | 0112524236992 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
