![]() ![]() There's nothing glamorous about the work or its result, but Furst is such a persuasive writer that we come to realize what a success it is for Casson just to stay alive. ![]() Casson's job is to convince justifiably skeptical French communists to cooperate to do so he must organize a complicated, extremely dangerous transfer of weapons. ![]() Recruited by a sympathetic cop, Casson joins a group of officers working undercover inside the Vichy government to help de Gaulle. The locale then moved to Paris for The World at Night, where we first met the enigmatic film producer and reluctant Resistance hero Jean Casson.Ĭasson returns in fascinating form in Red Gold, washing up broke and depressed in his home city, now totally ground down by its German occupiers. He began by writing such excellent, original books as Dark Star and Night Soldiers, all set in Eastern Europe. Robert Janes are prime examples), you should also know about Alan Furst. If you enjoy mysteries set against the rich background of World War II Europe (Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir trilogy and the fine French series by J. ![]()
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