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Night Soldiers | 
 enlarge | Authors: Alan Furst, Furst
Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.93
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Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 945388
Media: Paperback
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0006511309
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006511304
ASIN: 0006511309
Publication Date: February 1998
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Product Description
Often compared to Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, Alan Furst is a master of the spy thriller and one of the finest war novelists of our time. Published to outstanding acclaim, his novels brilliantly recreate the atmosphere and tension of the worlds of espionage and resistance in the Europe of the 1930s and the Second World War. After many years living in France and traveling as a journalist in Russia and Eastern Europe, Furst now resides in Sag Harbor, New York.
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 Night Soldiers by Allen Furst December 24, 2008
The book was in excellent condition. The story is well written - good spy material - but have not finished it yet.
 I put it down December 21, 2008
Prior to reading this, I read Furst's 'Dark Star' and 'Foreign Correspondent'. This is the first one I was able to put down (after reading 100 to 150 pages or so). I have yet to pick it up again. Perhaps it is due to my mood, or because far more important things are going on in my life. If it had been really compelling, however, I am sure I would have finished it weeks ago.
Integrity in a world gone mad September 19, 2008
As an espionage writer, Furst excels at capturing characters' emotions, and the atmosphere in which they are acting. As the action progresses from country to country, and year to year (1934-1945), each milieu has its own distinctive personality, geography and history. The overall theme is the protagonist's attempt to maintain his integrity in a world gone mad. There is a certain amount of contrivance in the plot, but the reader does not mind. Faye Berns was a fine secondary character, as was Sascha. Having read other Furst novels I was already familiar with the insanity of the Russian spy system and Stalin's government; I found the take on pre-WWII political life in a small village in Bulgaria especially enlightening.
A tour de force September 6, 2008
This is not just a great spy novel, but a great novel, period. The reader follows Khristo Stoianev on his odyssey through his recruitment by the NKVD, his work for the Soviets in the Spanish Civil War, fighting alongside the French resistance in WWII, and much more. Furst pays great attention to period detail and backs that up with great writing. I was especially impressed by his knowledge of NKVD tradecraft in the 1930's.
Epic in Scope with attention to detail August 16, 2008
Furst is one of those writers who makes every passage worth savoring. The prosaic descriptions of the minor events make this a great read. The fascinating subject matter of the eastern european perspective on the period leading up to, and during world war II make for a great story. We're carried through an extraorinary range of experiences in this book, but it never feels implausible.
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