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2009 Nominated

The President’s Last Love

Andrei Kurkov

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Moscow, 2013. Bunin, the Ukrainian President, has joined other heads of state in an open air swimming pool to drink vodka and celebrate with Putin. During his rise to power Bunin has juggled with formidable and eccentric political and personal challenges. His troubles with his family and his women combine with his difficulties with corrupt businessmen and demanding international allies, but it is his recent heart transplant that worries him most. Since the operation he has started to develop freckles, and his heart donor’s mysterious widow seems to have moved in with him…

Andrei Kurkov

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Andrei
Kurkov

Andrii Yuriyovych Kurkov is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian and Ukrainian. He is the author of 19 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts

Andrii Yuriyovych Kurkov is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian and Ukrainian. He is the author of 19 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Kurkov’s black comedy, his satire and surrealism are something very unique in contemporary fiction.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Ukraine
Original Language
English
Author
Andrei Kurkov
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Nominating Library
Helsingin Kaupunginkirjasto / Helsinki City Library - Finland

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