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A review by berlinbibliophile
Gorki Park by Martin Cruz Smith
3.0
I really liked the writing style in this novel. And the plot I loved for three quarters of the book, before it became tangled and chaotic. I liked none of the characters in this book, and yet I liked reading about them.
What surprised me was the huge difference in technology to crime and spy thrillers today. Not the big things, like no cellphones, but the smaller issues. Like, what is a teleprinter office? The book was very atmospheric and full of those little details that made it up-to-date when it was written, but really illuminate the culture it was written in from today's standpoint. Fascinating.
What surprised me was the huge difference in technology to crime and spy thrillers today. Not the big things, like no cellphones, but the smaller issues. Like, what is a teleprinter office? The book was very atmospheric and full of those little details that made it up-to-date when it was written, but really illuminate the culture it was written in from today's standpoint. Fascinating.