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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Alan Furst

Born: February 20, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels. Furst has been called "an heir to the tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene," whom he cites along with Joseph Roth and Arthur Koestler as important influences.
Known for:
- Night Soldiers (1988)
- A Hero of France (2016)
- Mission to Paris (2012)
- Midnight in Europe (2014)
- The Spies of Warsaw (2008)