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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.
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Stalins Geist, Martin Cruz-Smith
- Language
- Released
- 2008
- Binding
- (Hardcover),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €1.59
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- Title
- Stalins Geist
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Martin Cruz-Smith
- Publisher
- Büchergilde Gutenberg
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 365
- ISBN10
- 3763259457
- ISBN13
- 9783763259458
- Series
- Arkady Renko
- Original title
- Stalin's ghost <dt.
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- 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.