"A very intriguing and atmospheric novel by a highly accomplished writer. [The Silver Bone] is a fascinating read in the light of contemporary events." -- Alexander McCall Smith, Bestselling Author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency "Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre." -- New York Times "A glorious aural portrait of a city in dangerous flux . I finished The Silver Bone wishing to read more." -- The Guardian "[The Silver Bone is a] fascinating series launch . the finely drawn characters and harrowing descriptions of daily life in 1919 Kyiv leave a far more lasting impression than clever genre tricks ever could.

With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A gripping whodunnit with surrealist flourishes . Kurkov brings to life an overlooked and much-contested episode in Ukrainian history, capturing the brutality with which Soviet forces first attempted to establish control over the city." -- Washington Post "Rich and compulsive, a modern classic in the making." -- Anna Bailey, author of Where the Truth Lies "Original and intriguing. Relocates the historical crime novel somewhere between Kafka and The Twilight Zone." -- Frank Tallis, Author of Death in Vienna and Vienna Blood "In the tradition of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther . Kurkov sets crime-solving against the chaos of a turbulent era -- for his Samson Kolechko, the upheaval of Ukraine in 1919, when Cossacks, the Red Army and their White opponents, and even Chinese Communists battled in streets of a Kiev darkened by power failure .

[The Silver Bone] poses haunting moral questions about defending order in perilous days, questions that reverberate a century later in Ukraine and around the world." -- David O. Stewart, Award-winning Historian and Author of The Lincoln Deception "Mix[ing] elements of grim humor and surrealism . [The Silver Bone is] a winning offbeat crime novel that begs for a sequel" -- Library Journal "An atmospheric police procedural whose protagonist battles personal tragedy and a tangled system to solve his first case." -- Kirkus Reviews.