Red Gold
A Novel
$30.85
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
8 January 2002
Summary
Autumn 1941. In a shabby hotel off the place Clichy, the course of the war is about to change. German tanks are rolling toward Moscow. Stalin has issued a decree—all partisan operatives are to strike behind enemy lines, from Kiev to Brittany.
Set in the back streets of Paris and deep in occupied France, Red Gold moves with quiet menace as predators from the dark edge of war—arms dealers, lawyers, spies, and assassins—emerge from the shadows of the Parisian underworld. In thei…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375758591 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375758593 |
| Author: | Alan Furst |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 January 2002 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 18mm |
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“Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years.” -Time “What the espionage novels of John le Carr
“Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years.”
—Time
“What the espionage novels of John le Carré were for the Cold War, those of Alan Furst have become for the period that might be called ‘the Sable Decade.’…Furst may have no peer in his ability to re-create the atmosphere of the nether world of continental Europe during the war years.”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Red Gold transports a reader back to a cowed Paris, darkened by the menacing ambience of World War II.”
—William Nicholson, USA Today
About The Author
Alan Furst
Alan Furst, widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel, is the author of A Hero of France, Midnight in Europe, Mission to Paris, and many other bestsellers. Born in New York, he lived for many years in Paris, and now lives on Long Island.
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