The Case of the General's Thumb National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography (1990) his language straightforward

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The Case of the General's Thumb National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography (1990) his language straightforwardThe corpse of a distinguished general is found attached to an advertising balloonand minus his thumb. Police Lieutenant Viktor Slutsky is sent in to investigate. So, too, is KGB officer Nik Tsensky. They begin their investigations unbeknownst to each other, but quickly find themselves mystified about developments caused by the other. Thus begins a comedy of very dangerous errors as the two crisscross Europe, Russia, and the Ukraine, catalysts in a