Red Square (novel)
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| Author | Martin Cruz Smith |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Arkady Renko # 3 |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Random House & Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 400pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-345-38473-3 |
| OCLC | 29403603 |
| Preceded by | Polar Star |
| Followed by | Havana Bay |
Red Square is a crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith, set in the Soviet Union in the year 1991. It is a sequel to Gorky Park and Polar Star and features the Investigator Arkady Renko, taking place during the period of the collapse of the Soviet Union.[1]
Plot
As the existing social and economic structure of the Soviet Union breaks down, Arkady Renko has been reinstated as an Investigator in the Moscow Militsiya (Police Force). He is trying to clear up a nest of illicit traders when his chief informant dies in a horrific fireball. At the late informer's flat, his fax machine keeps asking the apparently meaningless question, "Where is Red Square?"
The question does not pertain to a location, but to a painting by suprematist painter Malevich, which has resurfaced on the black market after being lost since World War II. The story, however, reverts to the August Coup, which takes place in and around Red Square and indeed throughout Moscow in August 1991, leading to the fall of the Soviet Union.
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The Red Square in Moscow -
Rotes Viereck (Red Square, Malevich, 1913), the source of the book's name.
References
- ^ Wroe, Nicholas, The Guardian (March 26, 2005). Crime Pays
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