- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Mysterious Pr; Reprint edition (Jun 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0446403792
- ISBN-13: 978-0446403795
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 9.7 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 468,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Is it Mystery, Russian Sociology or Political Science?, 26 Dec 1996
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dead Meat (Mass Market Paperback)
Phillip Kerr is starting to look like the Robert DeNiro
of writing. In his previous book, he immersed himself in
every possible detail of pre- and post-war Germany, with his
mysteries unfolding within the thread of Nazism. Now, in
Dead Meat, he dissects post-Soviet Russia, with the optimism,
fatalism and corruption that riddle the society. Kerr has
captured the Russian psyche perfectly, while winding the plot
around the killing of a crusading journalist. How does a Brit
learn so much about what hides within the heart of today's
Russia?
I recommend this book for both the mystery and the sociology
behind it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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on the shelf with Martin Cruz-Smith, 21 Jan 2009
By Christopher A. Meli - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dead Meat (Mass Market Paperback)
Similar to another review here: if you like Martin Cruz-Smith's Renko novels, you'll like this. The writing and the black post-Soviet humor shouldn't be missed. Right behind Berlin Noir: March Violets; The Pale Criminal; A German Requiem as far as the Kerr books that I've read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Adds a whole new meaning to the expression-fell off the truck, 29 Dec 2005
By Grey Wolffe "Zeb Kantrowitz" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dead Meat (Hardcover)
Kerr has written a provocative post-communist book that truthfully factors in the destructiveness of 70 years of Red Rule and the destitution of a super-power. He has captured the nuance of Russian Slang and the private language used in the criminal/police world. Lastly, the twists and turns of the plot are all plausible while at the same time comical for their surreal and absurd situations.
Unfortunately, Kerr has never touched this subject or characters again. If you love this book, and you will, "Wolves Eat Dogs" by Martin Cruz Smith, is a great companion novel.
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