The Detektiv and the Russian Way of Crime
by
Anthony Olcott
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2001
The detektiv, Russia's version of the murder mystery, has conquered what in Soviet days loved to call itself 'the most reading nation on earth.' Most Russians don't read much Tolstoy, but they devour the lurid covers and cheap paper of the detektivs by the millions. Serials based on the works of two...