It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering — Martin Cruz Smith
It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering — Martin Cruz Smith
It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering — Martin Cruz Smith
It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering — Martin Cruz Smith
It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering — Martin Cruz Smith
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It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering dislike, had hysterics, marched out, were dragged back in and revived with brandy. It wasn't a French salon.

— Martin Cruz Smith
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