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Martin Cruz Smith

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Critical Essay by Howard Lachtman

370 words, approx. 2 pages

Critical Essay by Howard Lachtman What is truly fascinating [about Gorky Park] is not Smith's Byzantine plot (it's about fur-smuggling, icon-forging, and dissident activities), but the a... Read more

Critical Essay by Christopher Lehmann-haupt

292 words, approx. 1 pages

Critical Essay by Christopher Lehmann-haupt [If] you stop and consider it objectively, "Gorky Park" winds down to a rather clichéd international shoot-'em-up, complete with... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter Osnos

317 words, approx. 2 pages

Critical Essay by Peter Osnos Among the many very good qualities of Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park, the best is its sense of place. From the opening page …, the tension is palpable in ev... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter Andrews

235 words, approx. 1 pages

Critical Essay by Peter Andrews Just when I was beginning to worry that the large-scale adventure novel might be suffering from a terminal case of the Folletts, along comes "Gorky Park" ... Read more

Critical Essay by Karen Steinberg

200 words, approx. 1 pages

Critical Essay by Karen Steinberg Suspense novels can either be cut-and-dried thrillers, or they can strike deeper chords through the interweaving of universal themes and concerns with plot. "G... Read more

Critical Essay by John R. Dunlap

257 words, approx. 1 pages

Critical Essay by John R. Dunlap Mr. Smith's dramatic stitching [in Gorky Park] is astonishingly plausible—neatly tailored to the grim reflections of Solzhenitsyn and to the grimly hilar... Read more

Critical Essay by Caroline Moorehead

389 words, approx. 2 pages

Critical Essay by Caroline Moorehead [What gives Martin Smith's Gorky Park] its force is the stunning assurance of his descriptions. Some are simple trivialities: how pine martens are caught in... Read more

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