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When it comes to spy novels, no one is more erudite or elegant than Alan Furst, whose novels -- all set in the European theater of World War II are rich with both historical fact and brilliantly imagined circumstances.

Often compared to Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, Alan Furst is a master of the spy thriller and one of the finest war novelists of our time. Published to outstanding acclaim, his novels brilliantly recreate the atmosphere and tension of the worlds of espionage and resistance in the Europe of the 1930s and the Second World War. After many years living in France and traveling as a journalist in Russia and Eastern Europe, Furst now resides in Sag Harbor, New York.

New York Times

Charges along from the rise of Fascism in Bulgaria, to Spain during the Civil War, to France and back to Eastern Europe. The history is deftly incorporated; the viewpoint is civilized; the characters and the settings picturesque; the adventures exciting; the writing pungent.