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Alan Furst is an U.s. creator of historical spy novels placed only before & when you took a Second World War. His writing is considered naturalistic & of the distinctly "literary" quality that sets it apart from either a most common "spy thriller". Furst is typically in comparison writers corresponding Graham Greene, John le Carré, and particularly Eric Ambler. Furst, born inside Just released York in the Forties, sleep in Paris for the total of years, & presently shacks in Long Island. He has written eight novels up to now.
Novels
Your systems Day in the Barrel 1976
Paris Drop 1980
A Caribbean Account 1981
Shadow Trade 1983
Nighttime Soldiers 1988
Dark Star 1991
A Polish Officer 1995
The World when asleep 1996
Red Gold 1999
Kingdom of Shadows 2000
Blood of Triumph 2003
Dark Voyage 2004
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Furst, Alan
Official Web site of historical espionage novelist Alan Furst. Brief biography, contact information, reviews, book descriptions.
Alan Furst Talks with Robert Birnbaum
Birnbaum's first lengthy interview of the espionage novelist for IdentityTheory.com.
Alan Furst Talks with Robert Birnbaum 2002
Birnbaum's second lengthy interview of the espionage novelist for IdentityTheory.com, posted December 4, 2002.
Alan Furst Travels Through the Spy-ridden 'Shadows' of Europe
CNN.com - interview, critical biography, and review of "Kingdom of Shadows" by Adam Dunn. Contains a link to an excerpt from "Kingdom of Shadows."
Review of Alan Furst, "Dark Star"
J. Bradford DeLong's review declares that Alan Furst's novel, "Dark Star," "does a better job than anything else I have read to catch the atmosphere of the days when Josef Stalin seemed to be the lesser of two evils."
Our Man in the Shadows
Charles Taylor, for salon.com, calls Alan Furst, with "his romantic, complex spy novels about prewar Europe," the "heir to John le Carré."
Reliving a Time of Terror
For HoustonChronicle.com, Lisa Jennifer Selzman says that Alan Furst's World War II espionage thriller "Dark Voyage" breathes life into history.
Spy Novelist Alan Furst: "I Love the Gray Areas"
CNN.com interview of Alan Furst by Todd Leopold, who says "Alan Furst writes about a black-and-white world."
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