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|title=The Milkman in the Night

|sort=Milkman in the Night

|publisher=Vintage

|date=August 2012

|summary=Poor workers weave around corrupt upper classes with strange, nocturnal designs, while a pet becomes a symbol of heroism - it could only be the Ukraine of Kurkov, with never a chicken Kiev in sight.

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If you're going to go sleepwalking, there are better places to do so than in Kiev in the grip of its usual snowy, cold and bleak winter - even if there is a lovely blonde at the end of your journey. Semyon is living this reality, unaware of the strange consequences, just as others around him are unaware of the strange consequences of their actions - such as the airport security men who purloin some impounded drugs and test them on the cat. We also have a young single mother selling herself - just not in that way - commuting into a capital where some are rich enough to try and stave of ageing, and to cheat death in various ways...