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In The World at Night, he introduced the memorable character of film producer Jean Casson, whose civilised, upper-class life is thrown into turmoil by the German occupation of Paris. As the painful realities of life under Nazi domination hit home, Casson is reluctantly drawn into the dark world of espionage and double agents--until he is discovered and forced to flee the country. In Red Gold, Jean Casson returns to Paris under a new identity, knowing that for him nothing will ever be the same. As a fugitive from the Gestapo, he is no longer able to take his accustomed place among his well-to-do former associates, but must somehow struggle to survive in the shadows--among the pimps and whores of Pigalle, among anarchists and thieves. This time, he is determined to stay clear of trouble. Yet, as the war drags on and he witnesses the suffering and sacrifices of his fellow citizens, Casson begins to drift back into the dangerous, unpredictable world of resistance and sabotage--torn once again between honour, patriotism, love and survival.\"--Book jacket flap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alan-furst-books\"\u003eAlan Furst\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780002255431\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.14","offer_id":47907798417585,"sku":"SB-000225543X-C4","price":1.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/000225543X.jpg?v=1789443369"},{"product_id":"the-spies-of-warsaw","title":"The Spies Of Warsaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Autumn evening in 1937. 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At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage, a lawyer for the League of Nations.\u003cbr\u003e Colonel Mercier must work in the shadows, amidst an extraordinary cast of venal and dangerous characters -- Colonel Anton Vyborg of Polish military intelligence, last seen in Furst's The Polish Officer; the mysterious and sophisticated Doctor Lapp, senior German Abwehr officer in Warsaw; Malka and Viktor Rozen, at work for the Russian secret service; and Mercier's brutal and vindictive opponent, Major August Voss of SS counterintelligence. 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As Warsaw falls to Hitler’s Wehrmacht, Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest. Then, in the back alleys and black-market bistros of Paris, in the tenements of Warsaw, with partizan guerrillas in the frozen forests of the Ukraine, and at Calais Harbor during an attack by British bombers, de Milja fights in the war of the shadows in a world without rules, a world of danger, treachery, and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alan-furst-books\"\u003eAlan Furst\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780375758270\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £2.02","offer_id":47910923370673,"sku":"SB-0375758275-C3","price":2.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0375758275.jpg?v=1789205283"},{"product_id":"the-world-at-night","title":"The World at Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench film producer, Jean Casson, is a Paris sophisticate whose customary pleasures of wine, adultery and civilized conversation suddenly comes to a halt when France falls to the German forces. 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