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David Perlmutter's avatar

It would be interesting to compare Smith's Renko novels with Stuart Kaminsky's Rostinkov novels- two Americans writing about Russian cops.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I don’t think he’s as good a writer as Cruz Smith who seems to capture Russian paradoxes and irony so well. Kaminsky seems to have gone for a more pulp-y style with his Russian books than Cruz and it lacks subtlety--at least via audiobook.

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Susan Oleksiw's avatar

Bill DeAndrea explained that he subscribed to a magazine for ideas, probably sending away some members of the audience to search for it.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I love it! Though I guess now people would expect the answer to be AI...... :-(

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Inspired by Walmart? Bravo. Not many would admit that. Elites, who control publishing, hate Walmart, for some reason

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Lev Raphael's avatar

It was a joke.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Il faut cultiver notre jardin--Candide.

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