2009 Longlist
The President’s Last Love
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…
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
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Nominating Library