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I'm a Martin Cruz Smith fan. He doesn't fit easily into categories. Yes, his books are mysteries, in the sense there's a crime, but they're literature because they examine universal human longings, motives, desires, those of the detective as well as the people he meets on his way to solving the crime.
Wolves eats dogs explores the blasted landscape of the exclusion zone around Chernoble, where people not only are still living, but they are surprisingly populous. There are scientists and old peopl ...more
Wolves eats dogs explores the blasted landscape of the exclusion zone around Chernoble, where people not only are still living, but they are surprisingly populous. There are scientists and old peopl ...more

Renko tackles fallout in this one, both of the literal and emotional kind, with powerful results. I'll say, though, that I heartily recommend Atlas Obscura as a companion piece to this one - the link will take you to photos of this book's setting, and the site more broadly is pretty cool too.
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Kara
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