The long-awaited new novel by the critically acclaimed author of THE 25TH HOUR. Leningrad is in its fifth month under siege when seventeen-year-old Lev is thrown into jail for looting a dead German soldier. As he waits for his certain execution, he is joined by Kolya, an aristocratic Russian deserter. The next morning, instead of the firing squad, they face the colonel. His daughter is getting married, and his wife insists on a wedding cake. Lev and Kolya must find a dozen eggs for it, or die. There follows the funny, moving adventures of an unlikely Butch and Sundance.