Alan Furst





Alan Furst

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born
in New York City, The United States
February 20, 1941

gender
male

website

genre

influences
Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, Joseph Roth, Joseph Conrad, John le Carré


About this author

Alan Furst is widely recognized as the current master of the historical spy novel. Born in New York, he has lived for long periods in France, especially Paris. He now lives on Long Island.

Night Soldiers novels
* Night Soldiers (1988)
* Dark Star (1991)
* The Polish Officer (1995)
* The World at Night (1996)
* Red Gold (1999)
* Kingdom of Shadows (2000)
* Blood of Victory (2003)
* Dark Voyage (2004)
* The Foreign Correspondent (2006)
* The Spies of Warsaw (2008)
* Spies of the Balkans

Stand-alone novels
* Your day in the barrel (1976)
* The Paris drop (1980)
* The Caribbean Account (1981)
* Shadow Trade (1983)

For more information, see Wikipedia.


Average rating: 3.90 · 21,423 ratings · 2,605 reviews · 19 distinct works · Similar authors
Night Soldiers (Night Soldi...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 2,492 ratings — published 1988 — 19 editions
The Spies of Warsaw (Night ...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 2,390 ratings — published 2008 — 18 editions
The Polish Officer (Night S...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 1,782 ratings — published 1995 — 21 editions
Spies of the Balkans (Night...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,971 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions
The World at Night (Night S...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,754 ratings — published 1998 — 17 editions
Mission to Paris (Night Sol...
3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 2,012 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
The Foreign Correspondent (...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,736 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions
Dark Star (Night Soldiers, #2)
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 1,533 ratings — published 1991 — 17 editions
Kingdom of Shadows (Night S...
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,323 ratings — published 2000 — 19 editions
Dark Voyage (Night Soldiers...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,136 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions
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“Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying”
Alan Furst, The Spies of Warsaw

“There's a French saying, ‘Où le Dieu a vous semé, il faut savoir fleurir.’ Let's see, ‘Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower'...”
Alan Furst, The Spies of Warsaw

“One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be.”
Alan Furst, The World at Night

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