Praise
for The Foreign Correspondent
"Furst
delivers edgy eloquence and menace lurking everywhere in
the night and fog. With each new book, the number of
devotees grows, and critics acclaim anew that he's the
best espionage writer in the world. That sounds about
right."
-
New York
Daily News
"Mr.
Furst excels at period atmosphere, which he conjures up,
not with a litany of facts absorbed and reproduced, but
with light touches that suggest the broader scene. His
characters are wonderfully human: complex and ambiguous,
fearful and determined, but people who, when need be,
can gather their courage and do what needs to be done.
Mr. Furst is a subtle, economical writer who knows precisely
when to stop a sentence."
-The Economist
"We
read [Furst] for his atmosphere, which is superbly
researched and rendered.... As close to heaven as
popular fiction can get." -
Los Angeles
Times Book Review
"You
could call Furst's genre `literary espionage,' and he
infuses it with painterly description, nuanced dialogue
and elegant turns of phrase.... Weisz,
Ferrara
, Kolb and many others, playing parts large or small in
a perilous hour of human history, make for splendid
company."
-
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
"Furst's
reputation as one of today's best writers, in any genre,
is further solidified by this gripping historical
thriller with echoes of Graham Greene.... Furst excels
at characterization.... A potent portrait of
Europe
on the eve of WWII." -Publishers Weekly
"Deeply
satisfying." -Kirkus
Reviews
"Alan
Furst has deservedly won a devoted following for his spy
novels set in
Europe
shortly before and during the Second World War.... [The
Foreign Correspondent] succeed[s] in taking its reader
into a milieu of long-ago war and politics that remains
germane today."
-
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
"What
makes Furst's world so utterly seductive is the
tantalizing sliver of time he writes about: not World
War II but the period just prior to its beginning in
earnest, when secret agents of every stripe were huddled
in Paris, and cynical individualists were facing the
realization that even they stood to be trapped in the
coming crossfire.... Furst fans will delight in
identifying the various characters from earlier novels
who make cameos here, but that's only a pleasant
aperitif, like greeting old friends at your favorite
restaurant. The real pleasure is the meal itself, and
Furst serves another delicious helping of
Paris
suspended in a brief moment of time when everyone waited
for something to happen, good or bad."
-Booklist
(starred review)