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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
perhaps in the 80's it was a super read.. Well...maybe I had high hopes for this book; it IS supposed to be a classic.. but I sure expected more... perhaps the thriller genre has advanced that in the 80's this was considered 5 stars, but today the bar has been raised..once the killer is exposed, it becomes more of a drama than a thriller...
Chilling cold war thriller I first read this superb book at the tender age of 19 shortly after visiting the (then) USSR and strolling round Gorky park in the snow. I'd seen the film of course and half expected the film to follow it closely but I was wrong. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the film but the book was something else. More twists, more plot, more gruesome and, perhaps most importantly, more Russian. Times change and the USSR came to an end. Cold War thrillers disappeared from the book shelves and were replaced by an... more info
Out of Conflict Comes Synthesis Martin Cruz Smith is a former journalist and magazine editor. "Gorky Park" is his first novel to feature Arkady Renko, was first published in 1981 and is largely set in the Moscow before the collapse of the USSR. Renko, the hero, works as the Chief Homicide Investigator for Moscow's militia - unlike the KGB, who deal with matters if 'State interest', the militia are more or less the standard police force. Renko, therefore, deals with the 'everyday' murders. Displaying one unfortunate trait for a homicide... more info
FANTASTIC!!!! Unfortuantly I had watched the film before seeing this, so sat down expecting to know exactly what was going to come next, and thought it was hard not to picture William Hurt as Renko, I came to the conclusion that the movie did the book any justice (and I love the movie!!!). Really gripping stuff and will take no time to finish, and after that you will be ready to go onto the next book (Polar Star) which is every bit as good. Best point about this book, unlike other books on Soviet theme's, this... more info
