History Literature / GorkyPark

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Kriwood describes his brother as just wanting to help ''someone'', anyone, escape the Soviet Union.

* CowboyCop: Kirwood goes to the Soviet Union hunting the kilelr of his brother, and Renko is prepared to violate the rules, attacking KGB agents and such in the pursuit of the solution.

* ThroughAlienEyes: For American audiences, at least; the New York segment of the book has a Soviet detective making observations about aspects of American life.
* TourGuideDetective: The book gives the audience a look into everyday life in Brezhnev-era Moscow. Later boos in the series would explore other locations, from a Perestroika-era fishing ship in the Pacific Ocean to post-reunification Munich and Berlin to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Irina continuously points out that Renko could be lion about everything with some EngineeredHeroics to earn her trust. He isn't, but the idea isn't ''too'' far-fetched.

** When a burglar actually says "Son of a bitch" instead of this, Renko knows at once he isn't Russian, in spite of his perfect command of the language: right accent, wrong idiom.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Iamskoy urging Renko to investigate the casefhor in order to extort Osborne]] leads to his downfall, something he seems to realize.

* ShaggyDogStory: For the Soviet hierarchy [[spoilers: bent on maintaining their monopoly on sable fur. Despite all their machinations to kill Osborne and everyone involved in the trade Renko learns about the six additional sables Osborne smuggled and he releases them from their cages in Sweden before returning to Russia, thereby all but assuring they will breed and flourish outside Soviet control and their furs will be available to Europe at large]].

''Gorky Park'' is a mystery novel published in 1981 and written by Creator/MartinCruzSmith. A FilmOfTheBook, directed by Michael Apted and starring Creator/LeeMarvin and Creator/WilliamHurt, was released in 1983.

* InterserviceRivalry: Chief Investigator Renko of the Militsaya and Major Pribluda of the KGB are trying to outflank each other at every turn in the investigation of the triple-homicide, Renko trying furiously to keep the KGB from taking the case. {{Subverted}} because when he first saw what he was dealing with, he was doing everything he could to get the KGB to take the case ''away'' from him because it looked like [[GenreSavvy way more trouble than it could possibly be worth]]. He only changes his mind when he begins to suspect that Pribluda might have been directly involved.

Arkady Renko, a Chief Investigator with the ''Militsiya'', finds himself investigating a gruesome crime scene in one of UsefulNotes/{{Moscow}}'s most popular parks: Two men and a woman, shot dead, with their fingertips cut off and their faces disfigured to prevent identification. It isn't long before a team from the [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre KGB]] become involved, led by Major Pribluda, a long-time thorn in Renko's side. The mystery only gets deeper from there with the added involvement of an American sable importer, a Russian political dissident, an [[NewYorkCityCops [=NYPD=]]] Detective, and more than a few of Renko's superiors in Moscow.

Arkady Renko, a Chief Investigator with the ''Militsiya'', finds himself investigating a gruesome crime scene in one of UsefulNotes/{{Moscow}}'s most popular parks: Two men and a woman, shot dead, with their fingertips cut off and their faces disfigured to prevent identification. It isn't long before a team from the [[MoscowCentre KGB]] become involved, led by Major Pribluda, a long-time thorn in Renko's side. The mystery only gets deeper from there with the added involvement of an American sable importer, a Russian political dissident, an [[NewYorkCityCops [=NYPD=]]] Detective, and more than a few of Renko's superiors in Moscow.

* TheQueensLatin: In the film version, all Russians speak in British accents (ranging from RP to Cockney) - that includes (the American native) William Hurt's character. American characters, on the other hand, use their natural accents.

''Gorky Park'' is a mystery novel published in 1981 and written by MartinCruzSmith. A FilmOfTheBook, directed by Michael Apted and starring Creator/LeeMarvin and Creator/WilliamHurt, was released in 1983.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Helsinki stood in for Moscow in the movie. Finns weren't exactly happy about it.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Helsinki stood in for Moscow in the movie. Finns weren't exactly happy about it.

''Gorky Park'' is a mystery novel published in 1981 and written by MartinCruzSmith. A FilmOfTheBook starring Creator/LeeMarvin and Creator/WilliamHurt was released in 1983.

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''Gorky Park'' was a mystery novel published in 1981 and written by MartinCruzSmith. A FilmOfTheBook starring Creator/LeeMarvin and Creator/WilliamHurt was released in 1983.

* {{KGB}}: [[ShapedLikeItself The KGB.]] Mostly represented by Major Pribluda.

* {{New York City Cop|s}}: Detective William Kirwill, though he is ''way'' out of his jurisdiction.

* OldShame: When Renko was a young boy, he unwittingly helped his mother commit suicide by helping her collect rocks that she later used to drown herself.

* ColdWar: Takes place in Moscow during the early 1980's, with the ColdWar with [[EagleLand the United States]] in the distant background.

* TheMentallyDisturbed: [[spoiler: Arkady]] is diagnosed in the book's final act as a sufferer of ''Pathoheterodoxy Syndrome'', explaining his behavior earlier in the book. Mind you, he's diagnosed by a ''KGB agent''.

* TheMentallyDisturbed: [[spoiler: Arkady]] is diagnosed in the book's final act as a sufferer of ''Pathoheterodoxy Syndrome'', explaining his behavior earlier in the book. Mind you, he's diagnosed by a ''KGB agent''.
** Part of Irina's backstory is that she too was diagnosed as mentally ill and medicated because of her being a political dissident.

* {{NYPD}}: Detective William Kirwill, though he is ''way'' out of his jurisdiction.

Arkady Renko, a Chief Investigator with the ''Militsiya'', finds himself investigating a gruesome crime scene in one of UsefulNotes/{{Moscow}}'s most popular parks: Two men and a woman, shot dead, with their fingertips cut off and their faces disfigured to prevent identification. It isn't long before a team from the [[MoscowCentre KGB]] become involved, led by Major Pribluda, a long-time thorn in Renko's side. The mystery only gets deeper from there with the added involvement of an American sable importer, a Russian political dissident, an {{NYPD}} Detective, and more than a few of Renko's superiors in Moscow.