The Silver Bone
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The Silver Bone is a historical mystery novel by Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov. Originally published in Ukraine in 2020 as Samson and Nadezhda (Russian: Самсон и Надежда), it was translated from Russian by Boris Dralyuk and published in English by MacLehose Press in 2024.[1] It is the first novel in Kurkov's Kyiv Mysteries series.[2] The English translation was longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize.[3]