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Second Hand time

The stories of ordinary citizens of the former USSR, who went through multiple political upheavals, which shaped their minds and lives. From idealism to just wishing to escape the system, people had different hopes. Quite a brutal read, but well worth it.

Gorky Park

Martin Cruz-Smith Gorky Park is the first of the Arkady Renko series – 2 others set in the Soviet era, and three after the fall of the Soviet Union. The book is as much a story about people and places as it is a crime thriller. The book starts with 3 bodies found in Gorky […]