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GORKY PARK
by Smith, Martin Cruz
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394517482
- ISBN 13
- 9780394517483
- Seller
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Flossmoor, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1981. F/F; 365 pages; reprint; Fine in black cloth titled in silver over white boards, author's initials in red foil; in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Winner of the Gold Daggers Award.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002935
- Title
- GORKY PARK
- Author
- Smith, Martin Cruz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394517482
- ISBN 13
- 9780394517483
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Soviet Union Russia Mystery Suspense
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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