Dead Meat

by Philip Kerr

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In St Petersburg, Grushko investigates the assassination of a leading journalist. He uncovers levels of brutality, deviousness and corruption that touch even his own department, and put him on a collision course with black marketeers and the mafia.

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Bachstein, Julia (Translator)
Kièfé, Laurence (Translator)
Moppes, Rob van (Translator)

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Original title
Dead Meat
Alternate titles
Grushko
Original publication date
1993
People/Characters
Yevgeni Ivanovich Grushko
Important places
St. Petersburg, Russia
Related movies
Grushko (1994 | IMDb)
Dedication
For Jane
First words
A Russian can never resist stories, even the ones he tells to himself.
Original language
English
Disambiguation notice
Dead Meat was adapted for British television as Grushko. A subsequent edition was published with that title.

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6061 .E784 .D43Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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Members
195
Popularity
166,950
Rating
½ (3.41)
Languages
6 — Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
23
UPCs
1
ASINs
2