Gorky Park: A Novel
by Smith, Martin Cruz
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394517482
- ISBN 13
- 9780394517483
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Synopsis
Gorky Park is the first book by author Martin Cruz Smith and it introduces his homicide detective Arkady Renko. A triple murder in Moscow’s famous Gorky Park leads detective Renko into a battle with the powerful agencies of the KGB, FBI and New York police to undercover the culprit. Smith had been publishing novels for a decade leading up to the publication of Gorky Park , which became instantly successful, and led eight subsequent books in the Renko series.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013721
- Title
- Gorky Park: A Novel
- Author
- Smith, Martin Cruz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394517482
- ISBN 13
- 9780394517483
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- ESPIONAGE SPIES MOSCOW KGB RUSSIA USSR MURDERKREMLIN INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE HOMICIDE SOVIET AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
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- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories;
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