Stalin's Ghost - Couverture souple

Cruz Smith, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 033044493X ISBN 13 : 9780330444934

Editeur : Pan Books, 2008

Synopsis

Moscow lies deep under snow, and Arkady Renko is called in to handle a delicate matter: passengers riding the last metro of the night have reported seeing the ghost of Stalin on the platform edge. Not everyone, it seems, likes the fact that Stalin is dead . . .

But in the midst of a blizzard nothing is as it first appears to be. Renko’s girlfriend Eva and his adopted son, Zhenya, seem to be slipping into danger. The owner of a matrimonial agency wants her husband killed. An innocent `Russian Bride’ employs a garrotte. A chess grandmaster wanders into Renko’s life and leads him into the line of fire. Diehard Communists gather to sing along with Stalin. `Red Diggers’ uncover secrets buried for half century in a desolate forest and Renko discovers ghosts that have been waiting for him all his life . . .

As Russia swings more and more to the right, Renko is more and more out of step. Not only an original and deeply humane thriller, Stalin’s Ghost is also a wonderful evocation of the emerging New Russia.

Praise for Martin Cruz Smith:

`Cruz Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream’ Mail on Sunday

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Martin Cruz Smith's novels include Gorky Park, Stallion Gate , Polar Star, Red Square, Rose, Havana Bay and Tokyo Station. A recipient of the CWA Gold Dagger for fiction in the UK, he is also two-time winner of the Hammett Prize in the United States. He lives in northern California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 033044493X
• ISBN 13: 9780330444934
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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