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City Of Thieves (novel)
''City of Thieves'' is a 2008 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 that takes them far behind enemy lines. It was released by Plume on May 15, 2008. The audiobook, narrated by Ron Perlman, was released by Penguin Audio on January 8, 2009. Plot 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. In the late 1990s, an insurance conglomerate offered to purchase the company, and David's grandmother asked them to double their offer. Eventually, the conglomerate agreed and David's grandparents re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Benioff
David Friedman (; born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff (), is an American writer, director and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known as co-creator and showrunner of ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books ''A Song of Ice and Fire''. He also wrote ''25th Hour'' (2002), ''Troy'' (2004), '' City of Thieves'' (2008) and co-wrote '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' (2009). Early life Benioff was born David Friedman in New York City, the youngest of three children in a Jewish family with ancestral roots in Austria, Romania, Germany, Poland and Russia. He is the son of Barbara (née Benioff) and Stephen Friedman, a former head of Goldman Sachs. He has two older sisters, Suzy and Caroline, and grew up in Manhattan, first in Peter Cooper Village, then on 86th Street where he spent most of his childhood, before eventually moving near the U.N. headquarters when he was 16. Benioff is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |