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The World at Night
The World at Night | Alan Furst
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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.
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REPollock
The World at Night | Alan Furst
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Y‘all. OMG I loved this book and it‘s $2.99 for d/l! I‘m not a huge aficionado of spy thrillers so I don‘t know what I‘d compare it to, but I really empathized w/the protagonist bc he was just an artist trying to get by and then, boom, Nazis, and what can any single person do? He‘s not a hero, he just chooses to do something.

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REPollock
The World at Night | Alan Furst
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Oh, but this was so good. A superficial but good-natured rake of a film producer gets sucked into WW2 espionage in occupied France. Dire danger, narrow escapes, sexcapades, and doomed lovers. More please.

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REPollock
The World at Night | Alan Furst
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Furst‘s women are often peripheral but most always awesome in unexpectedly fierce ways.

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REPollock
The World at Night | Alan Furst
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File under: handy French phrases.

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REPollock
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Finished one Furst, on to another. I love his reluctant protagonists.