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STALIN'S GHOST Martin Cruz Smith As detective Arkady Renko investigates the appearance of Joseph Stalin's spirit on a Moscow train, the dogged cop is also forced to confront some more personal ghosts in Martin Cruz Smith’s Stalin’s Ghost.
Grisliest Death
A WWII-era mine that ''at close range...could cut a man in half'' — and does.
Lowdown
Smith skillfully evokes a very modern Russia, where American spin
doctors assist homegrown political candidates and killings take place
amid KFC tubs. B+
Posted Jun 08, 2007
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