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   Oct 21, 2013 · A classic revisited: Gorky Park. Ronald Reagan was steering his course to the White House when Gorky Park came out in 1981. Meanwhile, an ageing autocrat called Leonid Brezhnev, with mighty eyebrows, was the General Secretary of the USSR. In the West, we worried about mutually assured nuclear armageddon. The Soviets seemed hard, emotionless ...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gorky_Park_(novel)Gorky Park (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Gorky Park. (novel) Gorky Park is a 1981 crime novel written by American author Martin Cruz Smith. [1][2] Set in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Gorky Park is the first book in a series featuring the character Arkady Renko, a Moscow homicide investigator. Two subsequent books, Polar Star and Red Square, are also set during the Soviet era.

   • Author: Martin Cruz-Smith

   • Publish Year: 1981

3. www.goodreads.com › book › showGorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) by Martin Cruz Smith - Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 2001 · Smith is best known for his series of novels featuring Russian investigator Arkady Renko. Gorky Park, published in 1981, was the first of these and was called "thriller of the '80s" by Time Magazine. It became a bestseller and won the Gold Dagger Award from the British Crime Writers' Association. Renko has also appeared in Polar Star, Red ...

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   • Publish Year: 1981

   • Author: Martin Cruz-Smith
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4. www.bookrags.com › shortguide-gorky-park › keyGorky Park Study Questions & Topics for Discussion - BookRags.com

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   Study questions and discussion topics based on important themes running throughout Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith. Great supplemental information for school essays and projects on Gorky Park bye Martin Cruz Smith.

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   The first of eight novels in American author Martin Cruz Smith's popular crime series starring Soviet homicide detective Arkady Renko, Gorky Park (1981) concerns the mysterious and gruesome deaths of three individuals found at a Moscow amusement park. In 1983, director William Apted adapted the book into an Edgar Award-winning film of the same name starring William Hurt and Lee Marvin.

6. www.enotes.com › topics › gorky-parkGorky Park Summary - eNotes.com

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   Summary. Gorky Park is set in the Moscow of the 1970’s, during the Leonid Brezhnev era, when the Soviet Union was still intact and viewed as a major threat to the United States. The main ...

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   Was Gorky Park a good book?

   • Gorky Park was a major best-seller, vaulting Smith to fame after a decade as a moderately successful professional author. The novel was praised for the authenticity with which it depicted life in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was adapted into a successful 1983 film of the same name.

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   When was Gorky Park written?

   • Gorky Park, published in 1981, was the first of these and was called "thriller of the '80s" by Time Magazine. It became a bestseller and won the Gold Dagger Award from the British Crime Writers' Association. Renko has also appeared in Polar Star, Red Square, Havana Bay, Wolves Eat Dogs, Stalin's Ghost, and Three Stations.

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   What happened in Gorky Park?

   • It’s early spring in Moscow, and the book opens with the discovery of three bodies in Moscow’s famous Gorky Park – two men and a woman. They’ve been shot at close range, their fingertips pruned and faces sliced off with a rough-bladed knife.

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   Where was Gorky Park filmed?

   • Though shot in Finland and Sweden, the 1983 film Gorky Park captured the atmosphere of the book very well. William Hurt portrayed Renko excellently, under the direction of Michael Apted, with Dennis Potter’s screenplay. Lee Marvin appeared as Jack Osbourne and Brian Dennehy was a convincing William Kirwill.

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   Who plays Arkady Renko in Gorky Park?

   • Gorky Park was a tense, atmospheric and memorable crime story with an outstanding detective character – Arkady Renko (played by William Hurt in the film, above). Let’s step back in time for another look. It’s early spring in Moscow, and the book opens with the discovery of three bodies in Moscow’s famous Gorky Park – two men and a woman.

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8. www.bookrags.com › shortguide-gorky-parkGorky Park Themes & Social Concerns - BookRags.com

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   The primary social question in Gorky Park is the quality of life in the Soviet Union. Smith has structured the novel in a way that reveals ever-widening circles of corruption within the Soviet social and political systems, and the plot turns upon the efforts by members of the elite to frustrate, block and finally kill Arkady Renko, the police investigator charged with solving a bizarre triple ...