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Havana Bay plus 2 more by Martin Cruz Smith SIGNED First Edition HB 

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    Author Signed
    Edition
    First Edition
    ISBN
    9780679426622

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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Random House Publishing Group
    ISBN-10
    0679426620
    ISBN-13
    9780679426622
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    651512

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Havana Bay
    Number of Pages
    416 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    1999
    Topic
    Thrillers / Suspense, General, Mystery & Detective / General
    Genre
    Fiction
    Author
    Simon Quinn
    Book Series
    Arkady Renko Ser.
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.2 in
    Item Weight
    22.1 Oz
    Item Length
    9.6 in
    Item Width
    6.5 in

    Additional Product Features

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    Trade
    LCCN
    99-235977
    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 Edition
    22
    Series Volume Number
    No. 4
    Dewey Decimal
    813.54
    Synopsis
    The 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 Number
    PS3569.M5377H38

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      • by bc0717ky
        Jul 18, 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 him

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      • by jacumm-79
        Nov 16, 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 you

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