{"product_id":"city-of-thieves","title":"City of Thieves","description":"''AN EXCEPTIONAL STORYTELLER'' Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Ingenious''\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling''\u003cbr\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fast-moving''\u003cbr\u003eSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Cinematic''\u003cbr\u003eMarie Claire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gripping''\u003cbr\u003eNew York Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the co-creator and writer of the award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour months into the siege of Leningrad, the city is starving. Seventeen-year-old Lev fears for his life when he is arrested for looting the body of a dead German paratrooper, while his charismatic cellmate, Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested for desertion, seems bizarrely unafraid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDawn brings, instead of an execution squad, an impossible challenge. Lev and Kolya can find a dozen eggs for an NKVD colonel to use for his daughter''s wedding cake, and live. Or fail, and die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the depths of the coldest winter in history, through a city cut off from all supplies and suffering appalling deprivation, man and boy embark on an absurd hunt. Their search will take them through desolate, lawless Leningrad and the devastated countryside surrounding it, in the captivating journey of two men trying to survive against desperate odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR DAVID BENIOFF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Master of the zippy, punchy, knee-to-the-groin story''\u003cbr\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An ace storyteller''\u003cbr\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A skilled creator''\u003cbr\u003eDaily Telegraph","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456075858267,"sku":"9780340977392","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/city-of-thieves","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}