City of Thieves

Resumen del libro

From the writer of the award-winning Game of Thrones series for HBO based on the books of George R. R. Martin.

'David Benioff is an exceptional storyteller . . .

CITY OF THIEVES is tender, illuminating, and, be warned, often shocking.' Khaled HosseiniFour 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. Dawn 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. In 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.

Biografía del autor

Es autor de la novela La última hora (2000), que fue llevada al cine por Spike Lee con guión del propio Benioff. Ha escrito los guiones de Troya, Tránsito y Cometas en el cielo, y en la actualidad está preparando el de XMen Origins: Wolverine y la adaptación de la serie de novelas de George R. R. Martin Canción de hielo y fuego. También es autor del libro de cuentos Descalza sobre el trébol y otros relatos (2004). Sus relatos han aparecido en Best New American Voices y The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Ciudad de ladrones, recibida con gran entusiasmo por la crítica, será publicada en 24 lenguas. Vive en Los Ángeles con su mujer y su hija.