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    <body><![CDATA[The plotting's not full of great surprise or even the crafty precision of certain genre technicians... it seems a bit undercooked.  But everything else about this novel--its rich sense of place, and equally fine prose style, and its phenomenal sense of character (extending generously into the benche...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53266530">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny story, I was actually intending on reading The Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo, however, when I requested the book from the library I didnt check the author.  Then I got the book from the library and still didnt check the author and happily began reading it thinking it was the novel Bridge of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50754579">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The events of the novel occur in 1948. Although I toured the Soviet Union in 1971, long after, I found myself thinking back to that visit. Particularly when the hero was in the unfamiliar surroundings of Berlin and didn't really know who was who. <br/><br/>The crime and spy elements in this novel ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51789386">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The thing I found the most interesting about this book was it's sense of place and story around Eastern Europe right after WWII.  It's a vivid description of a small nameless country which has said good-bye to the Germans, just to say hello to the Russians.  It's about politics, corruption and survi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57582239">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It would be a slight exaggeration to say that Steinhauer is the next le Carré or Graham Greene. At the very least, he is certainly the next Alan Furst. If you have skipped over this novel to read The Tourist, do yourself a favor and read this when you are done.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good, but, like The Tourist, very slow to start.  The pacing here is a little bit less even, with too much piled up against the end of the novel, and some less-than-plausible twists to keep the protagonist alive, but still fairly interesting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Post WWII eastern bloc police noir - pulls you along quite nicely, not a roller coaster, but compelling enough for me to get the rest from the library.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty good story about post-war (1948) eastern Europe when the Russians haven't completely taken over the government and memories of the Nazis are still fresh in everyone's mind.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First in the Steinhauer series. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The setting for this book is vague, bascially a post-war city in or around Russia.  I think the lack of detail actually hurt the book.  It was difficult to get into the story without knowing your footing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very promising debut got this great series off to a good start.  Steinhauer imaginatively creates a classic hard-boiled detective novel set in Soviet occupied Eastern Europe during the early Cold War.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am just about to finish...another wonderful Russo book...long, but characters are so well developed...Lucy Lynch is a truly lovable person...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A dark read, but a good exposure to conditions/mindset in eastern Europe after WWII. I plan to read the rest of his novels.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brod is a clever blend of beta male and noir hero, and his secretive and recalcitrant colleagues are equally compelling.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a short mystery story, it really didn't have enough detail in it. I really wouldn't recommend it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eastern European crime series...dark and good.  Steinhauer lives in Budapest; I'd like to live in Budapest.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tense cold-war era detective novel.  Dark and intense.]]></body>
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