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Petr Stančík

Born 1968 · Czechia

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Books on prize lists

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    Magnesia Litera 2019 · Shortlist

    Nulorožec

    Petr Stančík · 50 when first published

    Novel · 217 pages · Crime, Satire

    AI-generated summary:Inspector Libor Lavabo takes on what looks like a simple case of twelve burnt female rhinoceroses, only to find it tangled up with Goethe's secret diary and two conspiratorial societies fighting for world power.

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    Magnesia Litera 2015 · Winner

    Mlýn na mumie

    Title translated by AI:“The Mummy Mill”

    Petr Stančík · 45 when first published

    Novel · 394 pages · Crime, Historical

    AI-generated summary:In 1866, as Austria and Prussia drift towards war, Commissioner Durman of the Prague police hunts the first Czech serial killer, whose victims are found strangely mutilated and bizarrely arranged.