"I was raised on John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series. Something about this genre - hard-boiled-private-eye-with-heart-of-gold - never failed to take me away from whatever difficulties haunted my daily world to a wonderful land where I was no more than an enthralled spectator."

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About Alan Furst

Alan Furst is an American novelist known for historical espionage fiction set in pre- and postwar Europe. His books are noted for atmosphere, political context, and intelligence tradecraft. He has been a prominent writer in modern spy literature.

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