Everything you need to understand or teach Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith.
Gorky Park is such an exciting and entertaining story that on a first reading one is seldom conscious of anything other than the events of its fastpaced narrative. But a more reflective consideration of the book reveals that it does possess a few abstract aspects which, although generally muted by the color and energy of their surrounding context, periodically indicate some of the author's broader concerns.
The primary social...