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Hear the first chapter of Death and the Penguin, by Andrey Kurkov - read by Â鶹Éç Russian's Oleg Antonenko. Here, Kurkov sets the scene for the novel - called a black comedy or post-Soviet satire by some critics - with Viktor, an aspiring writer whose only companion is Misha, his pet penguin. (Photo: King Penguin) (Credit:Thinkstock)