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OverviewAndre Szara, survivor of the Polish pogroms and the Russian civil wars, is a journalist working for Pravda in 1937. War in Europe is already underway and Szara is co-opted to join the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence agency. He does his best to survive the tango of pre-war politics by calmly obeying orders and keeping his nose clean. But when he is sent to retrieve a battered briefcase the plot thickens and is drawn into even more complex intrigues. Szara becomes a full-time spymaster and as deputy director of a Paris network, he finds his own star rising when he recruits an agent in Berlin who can supply crucial information. DARK STAR captures not only the intrigue and danger of clandestine life but the day-to-day reality of what Soviet operatives call special work. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan FurstPublisher: Orion Publishing Co Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.292kg ISBN: 9780753826348ISBN 10: 0753826348 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 30 April 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews'Alan Furst's spy fiction is serious, even solemn: a good but never light read.' - Literary Review '[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 'For connoisseurs of wartime thrillers, a new novel by Alan Furst has become a major publishing event.' - Sunday Telegraph 'Throughout, the author's delight in the process of espionage shines through.' - TLS Author InformationAuthor Website: www.alanfurst.netAlan 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. Tab Content 6Author Website: www.alanfurst.netCountries AvailableAll regions |