Paperback, 318 pages
German language
Published Jan. 1, 1981 by Droemer Knaur.
4 stars
(12 reviews)
Im verschneiten Gorki Park werden drei Menschen erschossen aufgefunden. Arkadi Renko, ranghöchster Ermittler in Moskau, ahnt nicht, wie die Aufklärung dieses Falls sein ganzes Leben verändern wird. Denn er verliebt sich in die Verdächtige Irina ...
state_electrician reviewed Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
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1 star
I have started watching the movie multiple times, over the years. But for some reason I never saw the whole thing. What I do remember is a standoff between Renko and Lee Marvin in the snow. Recently I thought about it again and decided I wanted to know the whole story. If I had known that the boring movie had much tighter storytelling than the book, I might never have started the book. Dear god, there was so much fluff. Some of the stuff not related to the story was nice and gave me a good feeling of the Soviet Union. But there was just so damn much boring crap. Like those endless pages at Shatura. What was that all about? If the book had been half as long, it would have been great. But at nearly 400 pages... no, thanks.
