Dark Star
In the back alleys and glittering salons of Europe, war is already underway as Soviet intelligence and the Nazi Gestapo confront each other in an intricate duel of espionage. On the front line is Szara, a survivor - of the Polish pogroms, the Stalinist purges and the Russian civil wars. As deputy director of one of the Red Orchestra spy networks in Paris, he recruits an agent from Berlin who can supply information on German aircraft production and finds himself caught in a crisis of conscience. His only goal is to keep going, but slowly, inextricably, he is drawn into the dark intrigues of pre-war Europe where life is a gray uncertainty of cheap hotel rooms, short love affairs and friends who have ceased to exit.
" like watching Casablanca for the first time." (Time)
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“A rich, deeply moving novel of suspense that is equal parts espionage thriller, European history and love story.”
—The New York Times
“Compelling...An excellent novel of history, betrayal and, most important, survival...While the story offers enough twists and turns to satisfy the most ardent spy fan, author Alan Furst transcends genre. This is a novel with heart.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“This is a rich book, to be savored...for it is a work of an accomplished writer without obtrusively saying so on every other page. Furst has the instincts of the historian—he likes to get his sequences right, he tells a story straight, and he believes that setting matters—and the gifts of the storyteller.”
—The Boston Globe
—The New York Times
“Compelling...An excellent novel of history, betrayal and, most important, survival...While the story offers enough twists and turns to satisfy the most ardent spy fan, author Alan Furst transcends genre. This is a novel with heart.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“This is a rich book, to be savored...for it is a work of an accomplished writer without obtrusively saying so on every other page. Furst has the instincts of the historian—he likes to get his sequences right, he tells a story straight, and he believes that setting matters—and the gifts of the storyteller.”
—The Boston Globe
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- PublisherBooks on Tape, Inc.
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0736648860
- ISBN 13 9780736648868
- BindingAudio Cassette
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