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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100679426620
ISBN-139780679426622
eBay Product ID (ePID)651512
Product Key Features
Book TitleHavana Bay
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicThrillers / Suspense, General, Mystery & Detective / General
GenreFiction
AuthorSimon Quinn
Book SeriesArkady Renko Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight22.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-235977
Reviews"Arkady Renko is one of the memorable creations of Cold War fiction, as clever, guilt-ridden, and self-effacing as any George Smiley." --Newsweek From the Hardcover edition., "Arkady Renko is one of the memorable creations of Cold War fiction, as clever, guilt-ridden, and self-effacing as any George Smiley." --Newsweek
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume NumberNo. 4
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisThe body, at least what was left of it, was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from Moscow. Only the day before, he had received an urgent message from the Russian embassy in Havana that his friend Pribluda was missing and asking that he come. The Cubans insisted that this corpse floating in an inner tube was Pribluda, but Arkady wasn't so sure. "You don't investigate assault, you don't investigate murder. Just what do you investigate?" Arkady asks Ofelia Osorio, a detective in the Policía Nacional de la Revolución. "Or is it simply open season on Russians in Havana?" The comrades of the Cold War have parted bitterly, and the Russians who used to swarm through Havana's streets are now as rare as they are despised, much more so than Americans. Havana is overrun with color, music, and suspicion. The Revolution's heroes have outlived idealism. The Com-munist world has shrunk to Cuba. Paradise has become a stop on sex tours. It is a city of empty stores and talking drums, Karl Marx and sharp machetes, where an American radical rides around in Hemingway's car to tout island investments and a Wall Street developer on the run from the FBI flies a pirate flag. "A dead Russian, a live Russian," Ofelia says. "What's the difference?" But the dead Russian is followed by the murders of a Cuban boxer and a prostitute. Although none of them is supposed to be investigated, Arkady cannot be stopped. He speaks no Spanish, knows nothing about Cuba, and, as a Russian, is a pariah. However, there is something about this faded, lovely, dangerous city--the rhythms of waves against the seawall, the insinuation of music always in the air, and, finally, Ofelia herself--that plunges Arkady back into life. "What ultimately sets the Renko books apart is the careful writing, and, more important, the knowledge of the human heart that is carried through it, through them, first to last." --Chicago Tribune, Bestselling author Martin Cruz Smith has found a way to exploit the last cutting edge of the Cold War. When the body of a Russian embassy official is found floating in Havana Bay, Arkady Renko, the memorable detective from "Gorky Park, " is sent to identify it.
LC Classification NumberPS3569.M5377H38
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- 18. Jul. 2018
Acerbic wit and intuition
Renko is a strongly compelling character whose detective skills are inspiring. I enjoy reading about his creative decisions, his relentless pursuit of the clues and his inventive hyposthesis of any crime that shows up at his door step. Even though he is consistently sought out for help (even in Havana) Renko manages to annoy, ignore and astound those very same people who inveigle him into working for himBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 16. Nov. 2019
Havana bay
Renko Is an interesting character. He appears to have a lot of intuition and good education concerning what he does. It is enjoyable reading thank youBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
