Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov6/25/2023 It's quite funny (both books, together, that make up this volume), and manages to fairly deftly balance being both a dark story line while also being a light and fun read. My copy - and the other Kurkov books I have on my shelves now - are all British editions, so maybe he's just not as well known here stateside, or maybe it's only my fleeting dalliances with this type of book that keeps me in the dark. It appears this book - at a minimum the first volume ( Death and the Penguin) - is pretty well known (and well regarded) but was completely unknown to me up until about a month ago. In one such binge a came across Andrey Kurkov through his The Milkman in the Night, a delightfully weird Russian crime novel which caused me to seek out some more of his stuff, and here I am. Typically I just hit some local used book stores and buy a couple bags of books that look interesting - I lean heavily towards non-american non-english-language stuff, but have a soft spot for a couple bestselling american pulp authors as well - and just spend a month or so reading that stuff until I'm bored with it. Every so often - once a year or so - I feel compelled to read some crime/mystery/suspense/popcorn type books.
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