Gorky Park
by Smith, Martin Cruz
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394517482
- ISBN 13
- 9780394517483
- Seller
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Maysville, Georgia, United States
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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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Details
- Seller
- BookRanger (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- BR-0518-811
- Title
- Gorky Park
- Author
- Smith, Martin Cruz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Sewn binding is square and tight. Block and pages are clean and unmarked. Book appears to be unread.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition stated; Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394517482
- ISBN 13
- 9780394517483
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Fiction. Drama. Espionage. Russia.
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