City of Thieves

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historical novel novel

City of Thieves is a historical novel by David Benioff that follows two young men on a darkly comic and harrowing quest across besieged Leningrad during World War II.

Aliases (1)

City of Thieves (novel) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical novel → novel →
author	David Benioff →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
genre	black comedy → coming-of-age novel → historical fiction → war novel →
hasAdaptationStatus	optioned for film →
hasAuthorOccupation	novelist → screenwriter →
hasConflictType	man versus society → man versus war →
hasCoverArtForm	illustrated dust jacket →
hasCriticalReception	generally positive reviews →
hasHistoricalEventDepicted	Siege of Leningrad →
hasISBN	978-0-670-01870-3 →
hasNarrativeStructure	quest narrative →
hasNarrator	Lev Beniov →
hasPlaceDepicted	Soviet Union →
hasPublisherImprint	Viking →
hasStyle	cinematic → fast-paced →
hasTimePeriodDepicted	early 1940s →
language	English →
literaryForm	prose →
mainCharacter	Kolya NERFINISHED → Lev Beniov →
mediaType	print →
narrativePerspective	first-person →
originalTitle	City of Thieves →
pageCount	272 →
plotSummary	Two young men are sent on a mission to find a dozen eggs in besieged Leningrad. →
protagonistAge	teenager →
publicationDate	2008 →
publisher	Viking Press →
setting	Leningrad →
settingTime	Siege of Leningrad → World War II →
targetAudience	adult →
theme	absurdity of war → friendship → loss of innocence → survival →
tone	darkly comic → harrowing →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
David Benioff →	authorOf
David Benioff ("City of Thieves (novel)") →	notableWork
City of Thieves →	originalTitle