And another thing!

Wondering if anyone else had made the same (rather obvious) connection between the Litvinenko case and Wolves Eat Dogs, I did a little Googling.

My favorite was this guy's comment, because he not only made the connection, but then went on to connect the connection to William Gibson, one of my favorite authors:

Adactico's Facts Eat Fiction

His comment on Gibson, "at this rate, he’ll end up writing historical fiction," makes me think he hasn't yet read The Difference Engine, a truly strange book where Gibson creates an alternative version of the past.

Litvinenko: Wolves Eat Dogs

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this anywhere (that I know of), but the recent radioactive poisoning of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko eerily echoes a similar killing that took place in the 2004 Martin Cruz Smith novel, Wolves Eat Dogs. And the question that bedevils investigator Arkady Renko in that novel -- why would someone kill by such an unusual means -- is the same question that now surrounds this case.

Excellent book, by the way, by the same author who wrote Gorky Park back in 1981.