by Alan Furst (Author)
Set in the underworld of Paris in 1941. Reluctant spy Jean Casson returns to occupied Paris under a new identity. He is wanted by the Gestapo therefore must stay away from the civilised circles he knew as a film producer and learn to survive in the shadowy backstreets and cheap hotels of Pigalle. Yet as the war drags on, he finds himself drawn back into the dangerous world of resistance and sabotage.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: Library edition
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 07 Jul 2005
ISBN 10: 0297848453
ISBN 13: 9780297848455
Book Overview: Alan Furst is going from strength to strength. With his most recent novel, Blood of Victory, he stormed the NY Times bestseller charts. 'Breathtaking and wholly addictive' The Times 'Furst's spy novels deserve to be as feted as Patrick O'Brien's sea stories. Gloriously cinematic' Evening Standard 'Just when it looked as if Robert Harris had cornered the market in historial thrillers, along comes Alan Furst with a book that Harris oculd not better if he lived to be 100' Sunday Telegraph