Penzler Pick, December 2001: This is a compulsively readable tour de force that keeps more balls in the air than a pitching machine. On t...
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Apr 07, 2009
Sonky
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Kaminsky is an astral writer. Each book is short, heavily references the previous, and concludes pat-ly, without a great deal of reader strain. That is not to say that his work is shallow or drivel-ly or too formulaic. His characters are generally formed well, although some are like furniture. His dialog is masterful. His prose flows easily and, as with fine writers, springs into poetry at points. His cultural sense is developed and compassionate, although sometimes uncritical--or at times exhib
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Jun 24, 2009
Anne Hawn
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I enjoyed this book. I have been reading books about Russia, or set in Russia and this gave me more insight as to how the average person lived under Communism and after the fall. The story threads are good, but once the Inspector is on the train, there is a little cloudiness as the various people converge. The author is able to draw fairly realistic characters for the most part, although some of the sub characters could have been made stronger. I would like to have know a lot more about the
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Oct 25, 2011
Nope. This was gloomy and wretched to begin with, but just as soon as I was starting to think I could get through it because it was the Russian kind of gloom, there was a scene with belligerent naked people, post-threesome. No interest.
Nov 05, 2007
Shala
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I really enjoyed this book--more for its picture of modern Russia than for its storylines, although the story (and the characters) were engaging.
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