I think Smith improves with every book he writes. Recently, I
tried reading Nightwing -- one of his older books,
"successful" inasmuch as it was made into a crappy movie. I
only stuck with Nightwing because it was so bad it was
instructive.
His last three are among my all-time favorites: Havana Bay,
Wolves Eat Dogs, and Stalin's Ghost. Gorky Park is a fine
book, too, but I really do think the later books are better.
The movie . . . feh, I didn't like it. William Hurt does not
make a good Renko. (For what it's worth, imagine Stephen Rea
as Renko. If you've seen his work in either Citizen X or V
for Vendetta, you'll know what I mean.)
Doug
Ed Lynskey <e_lynskey@...> wrote:
>
> I've enjoyed reading GORKY PARK (Ballantine Books
released a
> nice softcover edition in March). I saw the movie
years ago,
> but the book is better, if I trust my memory. Arkady
is a
> likeable, relentless crime investigator.
>
> Ed Lynskey
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