Gorky Park

by Martin Cruz Smith · first published 1981

Gorky Park is a 1981 crime novel written by American author Martin Cruz Smith. Set in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Gorky Park is the first book in a series featuring the character Arkady Renko, a Moscow homicide investigator. Gorky Park was a major best-seller, vaulting Smith to fame after a decade as a moderately successful professional author. The novel was praised for the authenticity with which it depicted life in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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Genre:

Crime

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 3.8 / 5 (10 on Open Library)

Year page:

1981