Shoreline Chapter, IL
Book Club
"City of Thieves" by David Benioff
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From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour, a captivating
novel about war, courage, survival and a remarkable friendship that
ripples across a lifetime.

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 eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use
in his daughter's wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies
and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a
hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy
lines to find the impossible.

By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, City of Thieves
is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate
coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how
boys become men.

September 20, 2011
7:30 PM
Martha Burman residence, Evanston

Please call Martha at 847.869.9827, marthajmiller@sbcglobal.net
to let her know if you will be attending.