Penguin Lost

Penguin Lost
Author Andrey Kurkov
Translator George Bird
Country Ukraine
Language Russian
Genre Satire, Surrealism
Publisher Vintage
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 256 pp
ISBN 978-0-09-946169-2
Preceded by Death and the Penguin

Penguin Lost is a novel by Andrey Kurkov. Originally published in 2005 in Russian (as Закон улитки), it was translated and published in English in 2010. It is the sequel to the author's novel Death and the Penguin.

Summary

The novel follows the life of a writer, Viktor Alekseyevich Zolotaryov, in a struggling post-Soviet society. Fleeing from the mafia to Antarctica, Viktor passes some time in a polar research station, before returning to Kiev with a new identity. Back in Ukraine and needing a job, he starts work on the election campaign for a Mafia boss. In return he is given information as to the whereabouts of Misha, his pet penguin, which is said to be in a zoo in Chechnya. Thus begins another journey, this time across the former Soviet Union, in pursuit of his beloved pet.

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