Dark Star - Hardcover

Furst, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395510643 ISBN 13: 9780395510643

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1991

Synopsis

Dark Star may be the most authentic espionage novel ever written. Set in the period of the Stalinist purges, it captures not only the intrigue and danger of clandestine life but the ennui, the bureaucratic infighting, the seediness of cheap rooms, the hasty moments of furtive sex, and the moral compromises of a life whose only goal becomes surviving a world where nothing is clear and betrayal is as common as death.

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Review:

‘Imagine discovering an unscreened espionage thriller from the late 1930s, a classic black-and-white movie that captures the murky allegiances and moral ambiguity of Europe on the brink of war... Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years.’
Time

‘The time-frame of the late 1930s on the continent was once the special property of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene: Furst has ventured into their fictional territory and brought out a story that is equally original and engaging.’
New York Times

‘Espionage oozing from every shadow – writing of a high calibre.’
Sunday Express

‘Mesmerising.’
Sunday Telegraph
‘A jewel.’
Daily Mail

Book Description:

'Outclasses any spy novel I have ever read' Richard Condon, author of The Manchurian Candidate

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0395510643
• ISBN 13: 9780395510643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 417