![]() They shared, all of them, a certain gentle despair. How on earth had Fischfang thought it up? The characters floated about, puzzled ghosts in the corridors of a dream hotel, a little good, a little bad, the usual tenants of life. In ~Hotel Dorado~ anyhow, the theory worked. Life was this, and then something, and something else, and then a kick in the ass from nowhere. Life wasn't this, and therefore that, and so, of course, the other. Not in the plot - somewhere in deepest Fischfang-land there was no real belief in plots. There's even a love story buried here to keep us wondering, do they finally get together? Read it to find out how it turns out. In addition to watching our hero get drawn in there's lots of graphic romantic interludes to keep the story going. Now we know anybody could be caught in this web. Does he want to work with the Germans who have conquered his country? Thus the everyman becomes a double agent. But the Germans say we want you to accept, just tell us what they want you do. He's able to convince them he was asked but didn't accept. ![]() The Germans know he was contacted by a woman they know is working for the British. So he takes on a small request and he quickly learns it may be simple but it's still dangerous so he decides basically enough of that, I can just ride out this war by keeping out of it. They explain they sought him out because his profession allowed him to travel widely without much question. He's briefly contacted by British intelligence to do something small. Even though they take his and everyone else's car he can still find ways to make a film. But it starts and even though he briefly gets mobilized with his old unit from the first war France is quickly defeated by the hated Bosch. Instead we learn about a somewhat successful film producer who enjoys living the good life in Paris before the world goes into its second crazy war. For the first hundred pages of this short book (257pp) there's not even a whiff of spies or espionage. Could anyone become a double agent? Doesn't that take more planning, motivation, training, chutzpah?īut Furst draws us in. I knew this premise even before I read the book. |1 .This could almost be titled, almost anyone can do it, or anyone can be drawn into this game, even at the double agent level. |a France |x History |y German occupation, 1940-1945 |0 |v Juvenile fiction. |a Man-woman relationships |0 |z France |z Paris |0 |v Fiction. |a Motion picture producers and directors |0 |z France |z Paris |0 |v Fiction. Furst makes idealism, heroism, and sacrifice believable and real." -David Walton, The Dallas Morning News Thrilling." -Herbert Mitgang, Chicago Tribune "With the authority of solid research and a true fascination for his material, Mr. The novel is full of keen dialogue and witty commentary. an absorbing glimpse into the moral maze of espionage." -Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times " is the world of Eric Ambler, the pioneering British author of classic World War II espionage fiction. ![]() Praise for The World at Night " earns a comparison with the serious entertainments of Graham Greene and John le Carré. Here is a brilliant re-creation of France-its spirit in the moment of defeat, its valor in the moment of rebirth. ![]() A simple mission, but it goes wrong, and Casson realizes he must gamble everything-his career, the woman he loves, life itself. When he's offered the chance to take part in an operation of the British secret service, this idealism gives him the courage to say yes. Somewhere inside Casson, though, is a stubborn romantic streak. ![]() The civilized, upper-class life of film producer Jean Casson is derailed by the German occupation of Paris, but Casson learns that with enough money, compromise, and connections, one need not deny oneself the pleasures of Parisian life. "First-rate research collaborates with first-rate imagination. ![]()
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