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About Alan Furst
American author of historical spy novels
Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels. His work has often been linked to the tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, writers he names, along with Joseph Roth and Arthur Koestler, as major influences. Since 1988, most of his novels have been set just before or during the Second World War. He is especially noted for evoking the people and places of Eastern Europe in the years from 1933 to 1944.
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- “I love the gray areas, but I like the gray areas as considered by bright, educated, courageous people.”Alan Furst
- “Yes, I'm a reasonably good self-taught historian of the 1930s and '40s. I've never wanted to write about anot…”Alan Furst
- “What you get in the Cold War is 'the wilderness of mirrors' where you have to figure out what's good and what…”Alan Furst
- “You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.”Alan Furst
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Books by Alan Furst
The World at Night
1998
Midnight in Europe
2015
Spies of the Balkans
2010
Blood of Victory
2003
Dark star
1998