City of Thieves

City of Thieves by David Benioff is set in besieged Lennigrad during WWII. The Germans have cut off all food supplies and the city is starving. A young boy is caught looting a dead German soldier and a Red Army guard is accused of desertion and thrown together in prison. These two unlikely companons are set the task of finding a dozen eggs in a city where people are eating wood to survive. I didn't know anything about the German occupation of Russia during the war, but this book gave me a real insight into the struggle people had to endure. It is a moving, uplifting book with sprinkles of humour throughout, despite the grim setting. A lovely book - one I was sorry to finish.