01269cam a2200313 i 4500 295880294 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 071015s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007042784 9780670018703 $24.95 0670018708 $24.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Benioff, David. City of thieves [BOOK] : a novel / David Benioff. New York : Viking, 2008. 258 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Documenting his grandparents' experiences during the siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he tried to secure pardons by gathering hard-to-find ingredients for a powerful colonel's daughter's wedding cake. 20150821. Survival Fiction. Reminiscing in old age Fiction. Grandparent and child Fiction. Russians United States Fiction. Saint Petersburg (Russia) History Siege, 1941-1944. Domestic fiction.