Re: RARA-AVIS: Martin Cruz Smith
Mari Hall (found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net)
Sat, 01 May 1999 08:51:11 -0500
Virginia Rivas P鲥z wrote:
>
> I've been subscribed to this list just for two weeks or
so, and I would like
> to know if there has alredy been a discussion about
Martin Cruz Smith. I
> consider him to be one of the best authors I've read
lately, specially his
> "Gorky Park" trilogy (fourth is coming soon, I
believe), I think his Arkady
> Renko follows the path of many other hard-boiled P.I.,
and he has a really
> interesting and deep personality, always so close to
depression! I would
> like to know which is the expert opinion of the members
of the list about
> this writer,and would appreciate any kind of
information you could give me
> about him, since I am very curious about certain
aspects of his life, as I
> guess he must have spent lots of time in Russia to come
to know the country
> and the people so amazingly well.
> Virginia
I always liked the Renko books best, but I thought "Rose" was
the finest
of its kind. A one-off, but so interesting. He's just a good
writer.
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from Mari Hall found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net
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