City of Thieves A Novel

During the brutal Nazi siege of Leningrad in 1942, seventeen-year-old Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into a cell with Kolya, a handsome deserter. Instead of being executed, they are given an outrageous and impossible mission by a powerful Soviet colonel: secure a dozen eggs for his daughter's wedding cake in five days. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a desperate hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible. The novel is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure, a New York Times bestseller, and an intimate coming-of-age story about war, courage, survival, and a remarkable friendship.

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