Alan Furst

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Biography

Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels. Furst has been called "an heir to the tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene," whom he cites along with Joseph Roth and Arthur Koestler as important influences.

Books by Alan Furst
Red GoldRed Gold
Night SoldiersNight Soldiers
Blood of VictoryBlood of Victory
Dark VoyageDark Voyage
Mission to ParisMission to Paris
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Quotes by Alan Furst

"But the world doesn't run on logic, it runs on the seven deadly sins and the weather. - Alan Furst; Red Gold"

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"I love Paris for the million reasons that everybody loves the city. It's an incredibly romantic and beautiful place."

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"For something that's supposed to be secret, there is a lot of intelligence history. Every time I read one book, two more are published."

Alan Furst

"Romantic love, or sex, is the only good thing in a life that is being lived in a dark way."

Alan Furst

"We're the roughest people in the way we play and live, and that is because Americans come from people who all got up one morning and went 5,000 miles, and that was a time in the 19th century when it wasn't so easy to do."

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