Stalin's Ghost - 9780743276733
Un libro in lingua di Smith Martin Cruz edito da Gallery Books, 2008
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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.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Stalin's Ghost
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Smith Martin Cruz
- Editore: Gallery Books
- Collana: Gallery Books (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 03 Giugno '08
- Genere: FICTION
- Pagine: 333
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 133 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0743276736
- EAN-13: 9780743276733