Two Leaps Across a Chasm (A Russian mystery)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0684194155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-16 |
| Language | : | Russian |
DESCRIPTION:
Journalist Sergei Orlovsky travels to Arshalsk to uncover a scandal in the militia and quickly finds himself in mortal danger. In the telling of this story, however, Aleksandrov and Olcott create little suspense and much confusion. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Firsthand insights into the paradoxes of glasnost and perestroika aid but add no luster to this mystery of corruption in the Gorbachev-era Soviet Union, written by a former Moscow police investigator. Col. With the help of boyhood friend Yuri Kirilov, a Moscow obstetrician, Orlovsky evades his pursuers and returns to Moscow to publish an expose. Many characters--especially the conspirators--are rendered so superfic
The near death of Serge Orlovsky reunites him with an old classmate, Moscow physician Uri Kirilov, but the reunion is undermined by the mysterious involvement of the police and KGB officials.
Lost in translation. I write this review more out of pity than of anything else; a sort of testament to the fact that someone out there has forced their way through this tale. The best things I can say about it are that it truly embodies the flavor of its' time and place, and that it is relatively short. Over the course of twelve or perhaps thirteen years, I had made as many attempts to read this book through. Starting each time at the beginning, I found myself always stalling out at the same point, which is shortly after the introducti. Nikolai Alexandrow wrote: This author has issued more than 20 books. Not only in Russia, but also in Germany, China, Europa. His books on a history of German automobiles have the best sales in Germany last years. However the author does not find out the book in the English variant. There there is absolutely other text and a plot. All claims to professor Anthony Olcott.Best regards,Nikolai Aleksandrov