books by Alan Furst

books by Alan Furst

books:

Alan Furst

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003

Into Romania
Another of Furst's reluctant spy novels. Serebin has enough of the history of inter-war Europe wrapped up in him to ensure that he has already seen most of what is to come, but continues to strive forward. Again, the motivation is not ideology, but a personal sense ...

Dark Star: A Novel

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

Affected me like few books have...
I'd give more stars if I could! As I read this masterful book, I wanted to scream at all the bad history teachers and ridiculous espionage writers we've had to suffer through. Glitzy James Bond places like Monte Carlo aren't the stuff of Alan Furst -- his characters ...

Kingdom of Shadows

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001

gripping peri-war drama
I am eagerly looking forward to reading more books by Furst. Set in Europe at the start of WW2, this is a well-fashioned story of bravery and idealism.

Night Soldiers: A Novel

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

Integrity in a world gone mad
As an espionage writer, Furst excels at capturing characters' emotions, and the atmosphere in which they are acting. As the action progresses from country to country, and year to year (1934-1945), each milieu has its own distinctive personality, geography and history. ...

Dark Voyage: A Novel

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005

Another Rigorously Researched Spy Novel
Alan Furst's books are all set between 1935-1945. Although technically "spy" novels, Furst's novels might just as easily be considered historical fiction. Meticulous research combined with strong character development make each one of Furst's novels a great joy. ...

The World at Night: A Novel

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

The Debasement of Wartime France
One character in "The World at Night" sums it up the best: "One had a few friends, but mostly people were meant to be used, one way or another, and if you weren't born knowing that you had better learn it somewhere along the way." This sort of cynicism typifies the ...

The Spies of Warsaw: A Novel

Alan Furst

Random House, 2008

Furst is First
Furst is the best writer of thrillers in the business and The Spies of Warsaw is first-rate Furst. All of his novels are historically accurate, not only in the major events that actually occurred but in the ambiance of the setting and the psychological outlook of his ...

The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

Evocation of another world
Furst is brilliant at character study, but more than that, he delivers you into another world. Pre-World II Europe becomes present. For anybody who's interested in those years of upheaval, extraordinary courage as well as human frailty and sinister ideologies, please ...

Red Gold: A Novel

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

"Red Gold" -- A Platinum Spy Thriller From a Master of the Genre
Alan Furst is a master of the spy novel and, given the texture and substance he gives his characters, we are often left wondering what ultimately happened to them. In this case (and perhaps only this case), the life of a main character continues into a second novel. ...

The Polish Officer: A Novel

Alan Furst

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001

In darker times
A good book. The main character is a little cold compared with others by Furst. The book does keep the tension up though.

Red Gold

Alan Furst, Furst

Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1999

A Little Lackluster
Like his other WWII espionage books (The Polish Officer, Dark Star), Red Gold brings the seediness and squalidness of spying to the fore. This entry takes place almost entirely within German occupied France in 1941 and picks up the story of former filmmaker Jean ...

Blood Of Victory
alan furst, 2002

I.A. Serebin, an émigré writer who heads the International Russian Union and edits its literary magazine, is no stranger to war: "Two gangsters, one neighborhood, they fight," he comments at a dinner party on a yacht in the Istanbul harbor in the autumn of 1940. Istanbul, to which Serebin has come to say good-bye to a dying friend, is a haven for ...

The Three Musketeers (Modern Library Classics)

Alexandre Dumas pere

Modern Library, 2001

"Meung, a pretty market town on the Loire..."
In the very midst of the last Harry Potter being published, I picked up this title from my library, mainly because of the attractive cover and easy-to-read design and typeface. I also wanted to see what a great classic felt like. I was highly rewarded. Certainly this ...

The Paris drop

Alan Furst

Doubleday, 1980

Couldn't put down this "Drop."
Being a big fan of Furst's more current novels, I was dubious about exploring is earlier work. My caution turned out to be unfounded. Although, the style and settings are an about face to his recent works, this is an outstanding, suspenseful, and often humorous novel. ...

The Ministry of Fear: An Entertainment (Penguin Classics)

Graham Greene

Penguin Classics, 2005

A complex entertainment
Arthur Rowe, an inhabitant of wartime London during the Blitz with a terrible secret, visits a fair one day on a lark, setting in motion a chain of events that will thrust him into a shadowy world where nobody, not even oneself, is quite what they seem. Graham Greene ...