The World at Night

Alan Furst author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:30th Apr '09

Should be back in stock very soon

The World at Night cover

'A wonderfully evocative picture of wartime Paris and the moral maze of resistance' Mail on Sunday

Paris 1940. The civilised, upper-class life of film producer Jean Casson ends with the German occupation of the city. Out of money and almost out of luck, Casson attempts to work with a German film company but finds himself drawn into the dark world of espionage and double agents. More used to evading jealous husbands than the secret police, Casson beomes a reluctant spy, torn between honour, patriotism, love and survival.

'Casson is one of the best-drawn characters in recent fiction. THE WORLD AT NIGHT is a brilliant piece of atmospheric writing.' - Daily Telegraph

'[Furst's] stories combine keen deductive precision with much deeper, more turbulent and impassioned aspects of character... Mr Furst...is an incomparable expert at this game.' - New York Times

'Furst's tales...are infused with the melancholy romanticism of Casablanca, and also a touch of Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon.' - Scotsman

'Throughout, the author's delight in the process of espionage shines through.' - TLS

ISBN: 9780753826379

Dimensions: 195mm x 133mm x 21mm

Weight: 226g

320 pages