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Stalin's ghost : a novel

Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy. The investigation leads to the fields of Tver outside of Moscow, where once a million soldiers fought. There, amidst the detritus, Renko must confront the ghost of his own father, a favorite general of Stalin's. In these barren fields, patriots and shady entrepreneurs -- the Red Diggers and Black Diggers -- collect the bones, weapons and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers, and find that even among the dead there are surprises.

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  • "רוחו של סטלין"
  • "Stalin's ghost"@he
  • "Stalin's ghost"@it
  • "Stalin's ghost"@pl
  • "Stalin's ghost"

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  • "Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy. The investigation leads to the fields of Tver outside of Moscow, where once a million soldiers fought. There, amidst the detritus, Renko must confront the ghost of his own father, a favorite general of Stalin's. In these barren fields, patriots and shady entrepreneurs -- the Red Diggers and Black Diggers -- collect the bones, weapons and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers, and find that even among the dead there are surprises."@en
  • "Le fantôme de Staline apparaît sur le quai d'une station de métro de Moscou. Chargé de mener l'enquête, l'inspecteur Arkady Renko met la main sur un réalisateur de pornos déterminé à utiliser cette hallucination au service du nouveau parti appelé La Russie patriote. Renko fait échouer ce projet et aussitôt les problèmes commencent pour lui. --[Memento]."
  • "Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy." "The investigation leads to the fields of Tver outside of Moscow, where once a million soldiers fought. There, amidst the detritus, Renko must confront the ghost of his own father, a favorite general of Stalin's. In these barren fields, patriots and shady entrepreneurs - the Red Diggers and Black Diggers - collect the bones, weapons and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers, and find that even among the dead there are surprises."--BOOK JACKET."
  • "Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy."@en
  • "A high-stakes tale set in Moscow follows the machinations of a group of reactionaries who harbor a nostalgic loyalty to the regime of Joseph Stalin and who plot to create a groundswell for a new dictatorship."@en
  • "A high-stakes tale set in Moscow follows the machinations of a group of reactionaries who harbor a nostalgic loyalty to the regime of Joseph Stalin and who plot to create a groundswell for a new dictatorship."
  • "Moscow lies deep under snow, and Arkady Renko is back from his most recent murder investigation in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl. Very soon he is on the trail of a suspect police officer, a former Black Beret who served with full glory against the insurgency in Chechnya. But proof of the man's corruption is proving more elusive to gather. Then his unpopular boss calls him in to head up a delicate matter: passengers riding the last metro of the night have reported seeing the ghost of Stalin waving to them from the platform edge. Every night at the same time, regular as clockwork. Meanwhile, his adopted son, Zhenya has disappeared, and his girlfriend, Eva, has reignited an affair with the very officer Renko is investigating. Renko is assigned the help of an expert Stalinist, a decorated war hero and chess grandmaster. Not everyone, it seems, likes the fact that Stalin is dead."

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  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Powieść sensacyjna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Crime"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "De geest van Stalin"
  • "Duch Stalina"
  • "Duch Stalina"@pl
  • "Stalin's Ghost #6"
  • "Stalin's ghost : a novel"@en
  • "Stalins Geist : ein Arkadi-Renko-Roman"
  • "El fantasma de Stalin"@es
  • "Stalins Geist : Roman"
  • "Stalin's ghost : an Arkady Renko novel"@en
  • "Stalin's ghost : an Arkady Renko novel"
  • "Stalin's ghost"
  • "Stalin's ghost"@en
  • "Stalin's ghost : [an Arkady Renko novel]"
  • "רוחו של סטאלין"
  • "Le spectre de Staline : roman"
  • "To phantasma tou Stalin"
  • "Stalins Geist ein Arkadi-Renko-Thriller"
  • "Il fantasma di Stalin"@it
  • "Il fantasma di Stalin"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Stalin's Ghost"
  • "Stalin's Ghost"@en
  • "Ruḥo shel Sṭalin"
  • "Stahlin's Ghost"@en
  • "Stalins Geist : ein Arkadi-Renko-Thriller"
  • "Stalins Geist ein Arkadi-Renko-Roman"
  • "Staljinov duh"
  • "Stalins Geist ein Arkadi-Renko-Roman ; Thriller, Lesung ; gekürzte Lesung"

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