{"product_id":"9781529427837","title":"Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv","description":"Author: Andrey Kurkov\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529427837\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Dec 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Both a pleasure and a testament to life in Ukraine, before\" \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ukraine's greatest living novelist\" \u003ci\u003eNew European\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A Ukrainian Murakami\" \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Penguin \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGrey Bees.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStrange things are afoot in the cosmopolitan city of Lviv, western Ukraine. Seagulls are circling and the air smells salty, though Lviv is a long way from the sea . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A ragtag group gathers round a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery - among them an ex-KGB officer and an ageing hippy he used to spy on. Before long, Captain Ryabtsev and Alik Olisevych are teaming up to discover the source of the \"anomalies\".\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Taras  - who makes a living driving kidney-stone patients over cobblestones in his ancient Opel Vectra - is courting Darka, who works nights at a bureau de change despite being allergic to money.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe young lovers don't know it, but their fate depends on two lonely old men, relics of another era, who will stop at nothing to save their city.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shot through with Kurkov's unique brand of black humour and vodka-fuelled magic realism, \u003ci\u003eJimi Hendrix Live in Lviv \u003c\/i\u003eis an affectionate portrait one the world's most intriguing cities.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Russian by Reuben Woolley\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363145044126,"sku":"ADS-9781529427837","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529427837.jpg?v=1767313413","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529427837","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}