The Moscow Film Festival may lack Cannes' boats, bikinis, and gentle breezes, but it has nevertheless attracted scores of international actors, directors, and deal-makers. For some, the festival represents Moscow's re-emergence as a world-class city. But for a gang of zealots headed by a beautifu...
This is the fifth Porfiry Rostnikov novel I've read, but it is actually the third in the series. And what a striking difference the Rostnikov here is from the other stories. Here Porfiry is a bitter, and almost depressed old man. His attempts at blackmailing the KGB into letting him and his Je...