Alan Furst, widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel, is the author ofA Hero of France, Midnight in Europe, Mission to Paris,and many other bestsellers. Born in New York, he lived for many years in Paris, and now lives on Long Island.
“Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years.” —Time “What the espionage novels of John le Carré were for the Cold War, those of Alan Furst have become for the period that might be called ‘the Sable Decade.’...Furst may have no peer in his ability to re-create the atmosphere of the nether world of continental Europe during the war years.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Red Gold transports a reader back to a cowed Paris, darkened by the menacing ambience of World War II.” —William Nicholson, USA Today