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Penguin Lost
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Wikipedia article
'Penguin Lost' is a novel by Andrey Kurkov. Originally published in 2005 in Russian (as ' ', ), it was translated by George Bird 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 the Faraday Station in Antarctica, Viktor passes some time in a polar research station, before returning to Kyiv 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.
The original Russian-language title of the book, 'The Snail Law', refers to the Mafia boss' saying that every person should have his or her own shell (that is, a protecting mob group) and he / she is alive only as long as the "shell" is not lost.
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