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A review by saltycorpse
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
2.0
The only thing that saves this book from tanking completely is that it's mostly readable and somewhat entertaining. The use of racial slurs by the character Kirwill (and as a descriptor for squinting) are so obviously a transparent attempt by Smith to be "edgy" in the most offensive way possible, which is just pathetic and silly.
Gorky Park seems amateur at best, and thankfully at least one of the Arkady Renko novels is better (Wolves Eat Dogs). Still, I wouldn't call Martin Cruz Smith an accomplished writer of mystery, although book sales probably say otherwise.
Gorky Park seems amateur at best, and thankfully at least one of the Arkady Renko novels is better (Wolves Eat Dogs). Still, I wouldn't call Martin Cruz Smith an accomplished writer of mystery, although book sales probably say otherwise.