City of Thieves, published in , is a historical novel by Jewish American author David Benioff. The story is framed as the memories of the narrator’s grandfather, Lev Beniov. The story follows Lev, a Russian Jew, and Kolya, a Cossack soldier, during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II. Benioff’s finest achievement in “City of Thieves” has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page.” —The Washington Post “City of Thieves is flat-out great Benioff’s screen writing chops are in full force here – the plot careens Pages: · David Benioff`s City of Thieves is a well-written and engaging story set during the times of World War II in Russia`s Leningrad. Set in the year , City of Thieves is all about the adventurous journey of two youths, Lev Abramovich Beniov and Kolya Vlasov, to find a dozen eggs for a Soviet officer/5.
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City of Thieves Summary. Next. Prologue. The novel begins with David as the narrator. He is an American who describes himself as growing up knowing that his grandfather killed two Germans in a knife fight before he was 18, even though he was never actually told the story. As a child David lived two blocks away from his grandparents, who owned an insurance company. Benioff’s finest achievement in “City of Thieves” has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page.” —The Washington Post “City of Thieves is flat-out great Benioff’s screen writing chops are in full force here – the plot careens along with cinematic verve – but that’s expected. Benioff’s finest achievement in "City of Thieves" has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page." —The Washington Post “City of Thieves is flat-out great Benioff’s screen writing chops are in full force here - the plot careens along with cinematic verve - but that’s expected.
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