<![CDATA[The Underground City: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[The Underground City: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215277922m/2289306.jpg 2289306 1 Back in print after nearly fifty years–the acclaimed fiction debut of novelist H. L. Humes, co-founder of The Paris Review “Immensely intelligent and energetic, intensely dramatic and melodramatic, heroically overwritten yet sharp, insightful, and precise, The Underground City is an astonishing book by a writer of abundant gifts whose resurrection is long overdue.” –Peter Matthiessen It is the late 1940s and Paris is in turmoil. A man named Dujardin is sentenced to death for treason, sparking general strikes and threats of riots across the city. In the meantime, John Stone, a war-weary American and former secret agent, finds himself being investigated as a suspected Communist. What has brought these two men to their fates? H.L. Humes spins a thrilling account of the French underground during the last years of World War II, and the events that lead to the Dujardin affair. His many memorable characters include Adriane, loved by both Stone and Carnot, a fanatic Communist; Bruce Sheppard, the American ambassador to France, a statesman of vision and compassion; and Solange Récamier, the sophisticated young Parisian widow who finds meaning in trying to salvage Stone’s broken life. The Underground City displays H.L. Humes’s youthful literary skill and a striking capacity for fast-paced narrative. This is a brilliant tour de force. “A major achievement . . . [The Underground City] attains its full stature in poetry and truth. . . . [This is a] many-sided, absorbing novel, written on a grand scale, that holds the reader’s attention from the first to the last of its many pages.” –New York Herald Tribune “Magnificent . . . [The Underground City] has verisimilitude and scope, action and depth of emotion.” –Chicago Tribune “A work of power, maturity and distinction.” –Newsweek 2295591 26 12 2007 The Underground City: A Novel total:19|5:2|4:10|3:6|2:1| 19 70 51 12 3 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 06:28:04 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 06:48:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 05:57:42 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 15:44:30 -0700 2009
The part reserved to the Resistance is particularly enthralling in that Humes is successful in depicting the isolation these guerilla fighters must have felt. While they were free to roam the countryside, it was alway...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 26 20:49:22 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 21:08:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 07:49:24 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 09:35:32 -0700 2009
Ok - I finished it. Or I guess it would be more accurate to say that I gave up, but I think I made it through the actual action, and couldn't deal wi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 20:08:38 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 20:19:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 23:50:08 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 09:54:37 -0700 2008 Underground City, there were red flag...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 11 12:21:53 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 12:59:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 12:07:33 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 12:14:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:06:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:10:00 -0700 2009 It fit my needs as a book for travel (long, good but not so engaging that I read it before the plane lands, and cheap second-hand copy that I don't mind abandoning). ]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 29 14:26:35 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 14:31:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 02 12:03:10 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 09 21:00:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 18 16:02:49 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:19:59 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 09:45:39 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 09:45:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 04:31:10 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 04:31:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 28 08:48:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 08:48:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 09 20:26:38 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 20:26:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 20 18:02:48 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 18:02:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 09:33:28 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 09:33:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 30 07:13:35 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:13:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 14 11:43:06 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 11:43:06 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2289306