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Viktor is lonely, with only Misha, his penguin, for company. He is desperate to earn a living as a writer. He gets a break when the editor-in-chief of a major newspaper commissions him to write obituaries of Kiev's VIP's. But are his worries now over? Reviews The deadpan tone works perfectly and it will be a hard-hearted reader who is not touched by Viktor's relationship with his unusual petThe TimesA chilling black comedyGuardianA striking portrait of post-Soviet isolation... In this bleak moral landscape Kurkov manages to find ample refuge for his dark humourNew York T...Read More