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The Foreign Correspondent

By Alan Furst
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The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst is set in pre-World War II Europe and follows Italian exiles in Paris who are operating an underground newspaper opposing the Mussolini regime. The narrative centres on the infiltration and intrigue surrounding the espionage world of journalists, spies, and emigrés. It captures the tense atmosphere of the period, as the protagonist navigates a web of danger, politics, and personal stakes.
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You might enjoy this book if you're captivated by historical spy drama set against the backdrop of World War II. With an intricate plot involving intrigue and journalism in 1930s Europe, it offers a compelling mix of suspense and richly drawn characters. If you appreciate meticulously detailed settings and complex narratives, this story could be particularly appealing to you.

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The Foreign Correspondent

The next great page-turner from the master of the noir spy novel.

Alan Furst is internationally recognised as a thriller writer of first- class calibre Blood of Victory was a New York Times bestseller 'For connoisseurs of wartime thrillers, a new novel by Alan Furst has become a major publishing event' David Robson, Sunday Telegraph 'In the world of espionage thrillers, Alan Furst is in a class of his own' William Boyd 'How do people remain human when everyday life jumps from being maddeningly normal one moment to bringing death, separation, or danger the next? Furst has embraced that existential wrong-footing, and his skill in doing so is what makes him so pleasurable and rewarding to read' Michael Carlson, Spectator 'Jumps into the "good read" category, as ever with him' James Naughtie, Glasgow Herald

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By 1939, thousands of Italian intellectuals, teachers, lawyers, journalists, and scientists had fled Mussolini's fascist government and found refuge in Paris. There, amidst the poverty and difficulty of émigré life, they joined the Italian Resistance, founding an underground press that smuggled news and encouragement back to their lost homeland.

The Foreign Correspondent is the story of Carlo Weisz and a handful of anti-fascists: the army officer known as Colonel Ferrara, who fights for a lost cause in Spain; Arturo Salamone, the shrewd leader of a resistance group in Paris; and the woman who becomes the love of Weisz's life, herself involved in a doomed resistance underground in Berlin, at the heart of Hitler's Nazi empire.

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The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst evocatively captures the atmosphere of wartime Europe, to the point where readers may find it impossible to dissociate the era from Furst's portrayal. The book is praised as an enjoyably gripping tale filled with espionage and intrigue.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780753822302

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 October 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 251g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Alan Furst has lived for long periods in France, especially in Paris, and has travelled as a journalist in Eastern Europe and Russia. He has written extensively for Esquire and the International Herald Tribune.

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