Gorky Park
Critique • Quotes
First editionAbout the book
Authory
Martin Cruz Smith, United States
First publication
1981
Form
Novel
Genre
Crime, mystery, thriller
Writing language
English
Length
Approx. 156,000 words
Notable lines
All nights should be so dark, all winters so warm, all headlights so dazzling.
— First line
Osborne was hiding among the endless words like a man standing sideways among trees.
Proust said that you could seduce any woman if you were willing to sit and listen to her complain until four in the morning.
"There are not many road signs in Russia, you know." He laughed. "If you don't know where the road goes, you shouldn't be on it."
He thrilled as each cage door opened and the wild sables made their leap and broke for snow—black on white, black on white, black on white, and then gone.
— First line
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