Havana Bay (novel)
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| Author(s) | Martin Cruz Smith |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Arkady Renko # 4 |
| Genre(s) | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 329 |
| ISBN | 0-679-42662-0 |
| OCLC Number | 41351794 |
| Preceded by | Red Square |
| Followed by | Wolves Eat Dogs |
Havana Bay is a crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith, set in Cuba. It is the fourth novel to feature Investigator Arkady Renko, and it won the 1999 Hammett Prize.[1] Cruz Smith has stated the book allowed him to explore America's "insane" relationship with Cuba, and led to some criticism of him in the U.S.[2]
[edit] Plot
Renko is depressed because his wife Irina is dead, the victim of an incompetent nurse and doctor, who give her ampicillin, which she was allergic to, and didn't give her an adrenalin shot in time to save her life. He is called to Havana to identify the body of his old friend, Pribluda, now a colonel in the SVR, staying on from the old KGB.
The novel begins with Arkady at the tip of Havana Bay as the sun begins to rise on what promises to be a hot day in Cuba. He was diverted here right from the airport. The Cuban militia has what they believe is a dead Russian and since Arkady is a Senior Investigator from Moscow and the dead man's friend he can help them get this complication (a dead Russian in Havana is a complication) off the books. The locals make a mess of recovering the body and the officer in charge blames Arkady for making his men nervous simply by being there and watching.
In a decaying Cuba, filled with cars and houses that were built in the 1950s and are now falling to pieces, he stumbles on a plot to defraud Russia of $250 million in a shady sugar purchase scam, and solves a murder.
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Havana Bay entrance
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Street scene at the Old Havana
[edit] References
- ^ International Association of Crime Writers The Hammett Prize: Past Winners
- ^ Wroe, Nicholas, The Guardian (March 26, 2005). Crime Pays
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