Gorky Park
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the frozen heart of Moscow, three mutilated bodies are discovered beneath the snow of Gorky Park — their faces and fingertips removed to prevent identification. Gorky Park thrusts Soviet militia investigator Arkady Renko into a treacherous murder case that cuts through the iron curtain of Cold War politics, KGB interference, and the shadowy dealings of a ruthless American fur trader. What begins as a routine homicide spirals into a labyrinthine conspiracy that threatens not only Renko's career, but his very life. Martin Cruz Smith's masterwork is a landmark of the espionage thriller genre, distinguished by its richly atmospheric portrait of 1981 Soviet Russia — a world of paranoia, privilege, and carefully maintained lies. Smith writes with the precision of a seasoned journalist and the moral gravity of a literary novelist, gifting Renko with a conscience that makes him as dangerous to his own government as to any foreign adversary. The questions raised in that snow-covered park demand answers that no one in power wants found.
Author: Martin Cruz Smith
Format: Hardback
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the frozen heart of Moscow, three mutilated bodies are discovered beneath the snow of Gorky Park — their faces and fingertips removed to prevent identification. Gorky Park thrusts Soviet militia investigator Arkady Renko into a treacherous murder case that cuts through the iron curtain of Cold War politics, KGB interference, and the shadowy dealings of a ruthless American fur trader. What begins as a routine homicide spirals into a labyrinthine conspiracy that threatens not only Renko's career, but his very life. Martin Cruz Smith's masterwork is a landmark of the espionage thriller genre, distinguished by its richly atmospheric portrait of 1981 Soviet Russia — a world of paranoia, privilege, and carefully maintained lies. Smith writes with the precision of a seasoned journalist and the moral gravity of a literary novelist, gifting Renko with a conscience that makes him as dangerous to his own government as to any foreign adversary. The questions raised in that snow-covered park demand answers that no one in power wants found.