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The body, what was left of it, was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from Moscow. The Cubans insisted that the body was his friend Pribluda, but Arkady wasn't so sure.
The Communist world has shrunk to Cuba. Havana is a city of empty stones and talking drums, Karl Marx and sharp machetes - not welcoming place if you're a Russian, particularly if you're a Russian investigating the death of another Russian. But Arkady is used to being unpopular. He's even used to losing friends.
Havana Bay is the fourth novel to feature Arkady Renko. The previous three, Gorky Park, Polar Star, and Red Square are also available in Pan.
'If there's more intoxicating and intriguing setting for a thriller than Moscow, Smith has found it in Havana. Sheer class', Mirror
'I hope a copy of this top-notch thriller reaches Castro as he wises up to the mobsters currently at his gate', Independent
'As in Gorky Park, Cruz Smith is outstanding on background. The feel of Havana is sensuously rendered', Sunday Times
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Russian detective Arkady Renko made his debut in Martin Cruz Smith's powerful 1981 novel Gorky Park. An enigmatic and complex character, he made further appearances in Polar Star and Red Square. In Havana Bay Renko has gone to Cuba to identify the body of an old colleague. It seems a simple enough task, but the putrefying corpse is unrecognisable as a human being and the authorities' insistence that he agree with their conclusions serves only to make Renko more stubborn. Soon it becomes apparent that his unexpected arrival is ruffling some powerful feathers. Finding himself in a strange limbo Renko slowly forms a bond with Detective Ofelia Osorio whose revolutionary zeal is tempered by her pragmatic intelligence. Unofficially investigating the case with Ofelia leads Renko to be gradually enmeshed in a world where conflicting cultures and the fallout from past events threaten to destroy what proves to be a deceptive calm. Martin Cruz Smith evokes beautifully the faded, colonial grandeur of Havana and its revolutionary legacy; its sense of a society whose engagement with history has left it outside of time. The pleasures of Havana Bay are of the slow-burning variety, but are all the more satisfying as a result. --Jonathan Crawford
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"IRRESISTIBLE . . . THE PLOT HAS PLENTY OF TWISTS. . . . THE CLIMAX IS WONDERFULLY PACED . . . SIZZLE[S] WITH AN AUTHENTICITY THAT IS RARE INDEED."
-"USA Today"
"RIPE WITH THE RHYTHMS AND TROPICAL HEAT OF MODERN-DAY CUBA . . . Another fine entry in an enjoyable series of spy novels . . . The year's steamiest read."
"-The Wall Street Journal
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"A SUPERBLY WRITTEN THRILLER . . . Smith's best Arkady Renko novel since "Gorky""Park" . . . Smith, like his peers, John le Carre and Walter Mosley, writes novels that transcend any genre."
-"The Denver Post
"
-The Wall Street Journal
"A SUPERBLY WRITTEN THRILLER . . . Smith's best Arkady Renko novel since Gorky Park . . . Smith, like his peers, John le Carre and Walter Mosley, writes novels that transcend any genre."
-The Denver Post
From the Paperback edition.
-"USA Today"
"RIPE WITH THE RHYTHMS AND TROPICAL HEAT OF MODERN-DAY CUBA . . . Another fine entry in an enjoyable series of spy novels . . . The year's steamiest read."
"-The Wall Street Journal
"
"A SUPERBLY WRITTEN THRILLER . . . Smith's best Arkady Renko novel since "Gorky""Park" . . . Smith, like his peers, John le Carre and Walter Mosley, writes novels that transcend any genre."
-"The Denver Post
"
"From the Paperback edition."
IRRESISTIBLE . . . THE PLOT HAS PLENTY OF TWISTS. . . . THE CLIMAX IS WONDERFULLY PACED . . . SIZZLE[S] WITH AN AUTHENTICITY THAT IS RARE INDEED.
"USA Today"
RIPE WITH THE RHYTHMS AND TROPICAL HEAT OF MODERN-DAY CUBA . . . Another fine entry in an enjoyable series of spy novels . . . The year s steamiest read.
" The Wall Street Journal
"
A SUPERBLY WRITTEN THRILLER . . . Smith s best Arkady Renko novel since "Gorky" "Park" . . . Smith, like his peers, John le Carre and Walter Mosley, writes novels that transcend any genre.
"The Denver Post
"
"From the Paperback edition.""
IRRESISTIBLE . . . THE PLOT HAS PLENTY OF TWISTS. . . . THE CLIMAX IS WONDERFULLY PACED . . . SIZZLE[S] WITH AN AUTHENTICITY THAT IS RARE INDEED.
USA Today
RIPE WITH THE RHYTHMS AND TROPICAL HEAT OF MODERN-DAY CUBA . . . Another fine entry in an enjoyable series of spy novels . . . The year s steamiest read.
The Wall Street Journal
A SUPERBLY WRITTEN THRILLER . . . Smith s best Arkady Renko novel since Gorky Park . . . Smith, like his peers, John le Carre and Walter Mosley, writes novels that transcend any genre.
The Denver Post
From the Paperback edition."
"IRRESISTIBLE . . . THE PLOT HAS PLENTY OF TWISTS. . . . THE CLIMAX IS WONDERFULLY PACED . . . SIZZLE[S] WITH AN AUTHENTICITY THAT IS RARE INDEED."
-USA Today
-The Wall Street Journal
"A SUPERBLY WRITTEN THRILLER . . . Smith's best Arkady Renko novel since Gorky Park . . . Smith, like his peers, John le Carre and Walter Mosley, writes novels that transcend any genre."
-The Denver Post
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- PublisherPan
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0330340026
- ISBN 13 9780330340021
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- Number of pages464
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