Stalin's ghost
By: Martin Cruz Smith
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: An Arkady Renko novel; Arkady Renko novel
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Bath]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781405618465; 9781405618472
Subjects: Arkady Renko (Fictitious character); Fiction; Police
Description: Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy." "The investigation leads to the fields of Tver outside of Moscow, where once a million soldiers fought. There, amidst the detritus, Renko must confront the ghost of his own father, a favorite general of Stalin's. In these barren fields, patriots and shady entrepreneurs - the Red Diggers and Black Diggers - collect the bones, weapons and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers, and find that even among the dead there are surprises."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London: Macmillan.

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