Журналист для Брежнева, или Cмертельные игры

by Edward Topol, Friedrich Neznansky

Эта книга - политический детектив. Наркомафия на территории СССР, похищение журналиста из окружения Брежнева, деятельность уголовного розыска и КГБ, правительственные дачи, преступный мир, государственные чиновники - эти и другие сюжеты разворачиваются на страницах "Журналиста для Брежнева".

Genres: Fiction

299 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Edward Vladimirovich Topol (Russian: Эдуард Владимирович Тополь; real name Topelberg (Russian: Топельберг; born 8 October 1938) is a Russian novelist.

Born in Baku, Topol spent his teenage years finishing local school in Baku and graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University.[1] He also did his military service in Estonia. He worked as journalist for newspapers such as Bakinskiy Rabochiy and Komsomolskaya Pravda and wrote the screenplays for seven movies, of which two were banned due to censorship under the Soviet government.

In 1978 he emigrated to USA, New York, and lived for short periods in Boston, Toronto and Miami.

Reviews

[Chaya QP]

Took a while to get into but once I was into it I couldn't put it down, there was lots of twists and the mystery under timed conditions made it intense. Though the ending, as in the final page and solution, was a let-down and it felt silly. The ending undermined the whole plot by having seduction be the solution to the problem.

[Chuck]

A Russian crime story (translated from Russian) the reading of which required a lot more work than I wanted to invest. I didn't finish it.

[Grada (BoekenTrol)]

For me as a western girl it was an eye opener to read this book, just like "The red square". I was studying Russian at the time and I heard a lot about daily life during courses. This part of that life was never that clear, hard to imagine too. That is why I read it many times, first of all to understand the book and secondly to read it again as in "yes I did really read that"...
Very good book!

[John]

At the time I adored Topol books...the Cold War genre had a place in history in the 70's and 80's. This has now been superceded by the historical fiction of Knights Templar type stories.

I happen to love both genres - so I'm a happy bunny.

[Superkermit]

Knappe roman, waarin werkelijkheid mooi wordt vermengd met fictie, dat deze ook zeer zou overtuigen als feit. Prachtige schets van de duistere kanten van de sovjetmaatschappij: bijna een spiegelbeeld van de krachten in het huidige Rusland. Hoewel al dertig jaar oud, nog steeds actueel.

[Jos]

Voor de derde of vierde keer herlezen. Ik kan er niets aan doen maar het blijft een schitterend boek.