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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. “A deft storyteller, Benioff writes about starvation, cannibalism, and Nazi atrocities with poise and cinematic flair. If Thieves were a movie, it would start out like Schindler’s List and end up like Raiders of the Lost Ark.” —People "City of Thieves is a coming-of-age story brilliantly amplified by its worn-torn backdrop Benioff’s finest achievement in "City of Thieves" has been to banish all possible /5(K). 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 /5(K).

City of Thieves is a historical fiction novel by David Benioff. It is, in part, a coming of age story set in the World War II Siege of Leningrad. It follows the adventures of two youths as they desperately search for a dozen eggs at the behest of a Soviet NKVD officer, a task which takes them far behind enemy lines. Pick up a copy of "City of Thieves" at www.doorway.ru 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. City of Thieves by David Benioff | Editorial Reviews. Paperback (Reprint) $ $ Save 9% Current price is $, Original price is $ You Save 9%. Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ Audio MP3 on CD. $ View All Available Formats Editions.

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. 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.