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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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- “My novels are about the European reality, not about chases. You want chases, get somebody else's books.”Alan Furst
- “Good people don't spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playi…”Alan Furst
- “I am a historian. I do a lot of research, and I try to get it right.”Alan Furst
- “A book must have moral purpose to be any good. Why, I don't know.”Alan Furst
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- “We used to make patterns in the dirt, hanging our feet off the horse-drawn farm equipment. We made endless ho…”Ruth Asawa
- “It's sort of what the Johnny and Devi stories are about, the idea of always being a slave to something.”Jhonen Vasquez
- “Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.”D. B. Sweeney
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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