Furst, Alan

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An author of what he himself calls historical espionage, Alan Furst writes of reluctant heroes--ordinary, pragmatic men and women--fighting against totalitarianism and fascism in European countries of the 1930s and '40s. Well-researched and suffused with a strong sense of time and place, Furst's novels are written in a spare, cinematic style that keeps the fast-paced action from bogging down in historical detail. Sex, violence, and the horrors of war are there, but off-stage, and Furst's atmospheric, complex novels don't always resolve themselves neatly. Start with: The World at Night
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An author of what he himself calls historical espionage, Alan Furst writes of reluctant heroes--ordinary, pragmatic men and women--fighting against totalitarianism and fascism in European countries of the 1930s and '40s. Well-researched and suffused with a strong sense of time and place, Furst's novels are written in a spare, cinematic style that keeps the fast-paced action from bogging down in historical detail. Sex, violence, and the horrors of war are there, but off-stage, and Furst's atmospheric, complex novels don't always resolve themselves neatly. Start with: The World at Night
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