Russian Pulp (book review) Anthony Olcott

The Detektiv and the Russian Way of Crime

290515: now i have a whole sort of lit to look for... and maybe reevaluate those martin cruz smith thrillers with arkady renko. in fiction, is it more important to be accurate or convincing? i still like 'red square' but how much is that i recognize the allusion to particular work of art?