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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 theory is that sometimes writers write books because they want to read them, and they aren't there to be r…”Alan Furst
- “For me, Anthony Powell is a religion. I read 'A Dance to the Music of Time' every few years.”Alan Furst
- “I am there to entertain. I call my work high escape fiction; it's high, it's good - but it's escape, and I ha…”Alan Furst
- “I wrote out little mysteries in longhand, and my mother typed them out on an old Remington.”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