false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162943m/253558.jpg 253558 8 If you enjoy mysteries set against the rich background of World War II Europe (Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir trilogy and the fine French series by J. Robert Janes are prime examples), you should also know about Alan Furst. He began by writing such excellent, original books as <I>Dark Star</I> and <I>Night Soldiers</I>, all set in Eastern Europe. The locale then moved to Paris for <I>The World at Night</I>, where we first met the enigmatic film producer and reluctant Resistance hero Jean Casson.<p> Casson returns in fascinating form in <I>Red Gold</I>, washing up broke and depressed in his home city, now totally ground down by its German occupiers. Recruited by a sympathetic cop, Casson joins a group of officers working undercover inside the Vichy government to help de Gaulle. Casson's job is to convince justifiably skeptical French communists to cooperate; to do so he must organize a complicated, extremely dangerous transfer of weapons. There's nothing glamorous about the work or its result, but Furst is such a persuasive writer that we come to realize what a success it is for Casson just to stay alive. This innovative and gripping novel eloquently transports us back to a different era and a different world. <I>--Dick Adler</I> 1448817 1999 Red Gold total:204|5:47|4:105|3:45|2:5|1:2| 204 802 282 19 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 15 04:26:54 -0800 2009 Mon May 04 06:29:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 06:38:07 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 06:52:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 11 23:58:14 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 17 13:14:46 -0800 2009 This is the fifth volume in Furst's "Night Soldiers" series, although most of the series need not be read in the order published: only the book before this one, The World at Night, and this book, Red Gold, relate directly as a sequential pair. For those that wish the read the books in sequ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 07 08:10:20 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 08:11:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 06:55:55 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 07:40:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:05:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:07:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 01:33:21 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 01:34:36 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 20:07:40 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 20:10:55 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 21:37:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 21:41:06 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jan 05 07:15:06 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 07:15:44 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 02 04:16:59 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 04:16:59 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 14 18:55:38 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 18:55:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 06:20:33 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 06:05:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 19:27:43 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 19:29:25 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Dec 09 11:04:55 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 11:09:54 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 08:31:08 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 08:57:52 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun May 11 14:19:08 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 19:01:00 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 19 14:27:40 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 14:28:14 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Sep 18 11:25:13 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 14:42:20 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 13:07:21 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:07:21 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=253558