City of thieves
About this book
From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible. By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 174769 readers · 272 pages · ≈ 5 h 02 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read City of thieves?
About ≈ 5 h 02 m — 272 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is City of thieves?
272 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is City of thieves?
It sits on the War Fiction, Psychology, Historical Fiction shelves.
Is City of thieves in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote City of thieves?
David Benioff.