The Foreign Correspondent - Alan Furst

Alan Furst writes historical spy novels, usually set in Europe between 1930 and 1950. He writes from unique perspectives. His protagonists are Polish, Bulgarian, Italian, French, English. He shines a light on aspects of the World War II era that few Americans ever think about.

The Foreign Correspondent is the story of an Italian dissident ex-pat journalist, living in Paris in the months leading up to the start of World War II in Europe. Our hero is an ordinary person, living in extraordinary times. His work for the Reuters News agency takes him from the front lines of Spain's civil war, to Poland during the Blitzkrieg, to Nazi Berlin.

The Foreign Correspondent doesn't have the same amount of action as some of Furst's other novels, but it is no less satisfying.

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