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Alan Furst is an American writer known for his spy fiction set in Europe before and during World War II . It is combination of stale beer and martini style. The plots are sinister and fraught with cynicism while at the same time being overlayed by grand descriptions of European culture that are almost poetic at times. The usual theme is of a flawed character caught up in the epic struggle and doing his part.

Works include:

Your Day in the Barrel (1976)
The Paris Drop (1980)
The Caribbean Account (1981)
Shadow Trade (1983)

Night Soldiers novels:

Night Soldiers (1988)
Dark Star (1991)
The Polish Officer (1995)
The World at Night (1996)
Red Gold (1999)
Kingdom of Shadows (2000)
Blood of Victory (2003)
Dark Voyage (2004)
The Foreign Correspondent (2006)
The Spies of Warsaw (2008)
Spies of the Balkans (2010)
Mission to Paris (2012)
Midnight in Europe (2014)
A Hero in France (2016)

Alan Furst provides examples of the following tropes:

Anti-Hero: The protagonist is usually this
Badass Bookworm: Several characters
Big Bad : Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin
The Chessmaster: Stuffed to the brim with chessmasters.
City of Spies: Every city in Europe.
Dirty Communists: Furst's Communists are really creepy.
Espionage Tropes
The Empire: Russia and Germany
The Federation: Britain and France
Evil Versus Evil: Dirty Communists and Those Wacky Nazis
Gambit Pileup
Gay Paree: Honestly, Furst seems to have a crush on Paris.
Grey and Black Morality
Government in Exile
Heroic Neutral: several of the characters start as this
La Résistance: the good guys
Little Hero, Big War
Ruritania: The best way to describe the little countries all about. A lot of them are Balkan or Eastern European countries ruled by petty Glorious Leader s of varying degrees of evilness but seldom really comparable to the Big Bad s.
Secret Police: the Gestapo and the NKVD
Techno Babble: Furst fans love his realistic tradecraft.
Those Wacky Nazis
Ye Goode Olde Days: Furst novels practically drip with nostalgia
World War II

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-This is an American writer known for his spy fiction set in Europe before and during [[World War II]] . It is combination of stale beer and martini style. The plots are sinister and fraught with cynicism while at the same time being overlayed by grand descriptions of European culture that are almost poetic at times. The usual theme is of a flawed character caught up in the epic struggle and doing his part.
+'''''Alan Furst''''' is an American writer known for his spy fiction set in Europe before and during [[World War II]] . It is combination of stale beer and martini style. The plots are sinister and fraught with cynicism while at the same time being overlayed by grand descriptions of European culture that are almost poetic at times. The usual theme is of a flawed character caught up in the epic struggle and doing his part.
-Works include:
+'''Works include:'''
-. Night Soldiers (1988)
+* Your Day in the Barrel (1976)
+* The Paris Drop (1980)
+* The Caribbean Account (1981)
+* Shadow Trade (1983)
+''Night Soldiers'' novels:
-. Dark Star (1991)
+# Night Soldiers (1988)
+# Dark Star (1991)
+# The Polish Officer (1995)
+# The World at Night (1996)
+# Red Gold (1999)
+# Kingdom of Shadows (2000)
+# Blood of Victory (2003)
+# Dark Voyage (2004)
+# The Foreign Correspondent (2006)
+# The Spies of Warsaw (2008)
+# Spies of the Balkans (2010)
+# Mission to Paris (2012)
+# Midnight in Europe (2014)
+# A Hero in France (2016)
+{{creatortropes}}
-. The Polish Officer (1995)
+* [[Anti-Hero]]: The protagonist is usually this
+* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Several characters
-. The World at Night (1996)
-. Red Gold (1999)
-. Kingdom of Shadows (2000)
-. Blood of Victory (2003)
-. Dark Voyage (2004)
-. The Foreign Correspondent (2006)
-. The Spies of Warsaw (2008)
-. Spies of the Balkans (2010)
-Tropes in Alan Furst novels:
-* [[Anti-Hero]]: the protagonist is usually this
-* [[Badass Bookworm]]: several characters
 * [[Big Bad]] : [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Josef Stalin]]
-* [[The Chessmaster]]: stuffed to the brim with chessmasters
+* [[The Chessmaster]]: Stuffed to the brim with chessmasters.
 * [[City of Spies]]: Every city in Europe.
 * [[Dirty Communists]]: Furst's Communists are ''really'' creepy.
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 * [[Evil Versus Evil]]: [[Dirty Communists]] and [[Those Wacky Nazis]]
 * [[Gambit Pileup]]
-* [[Gay Paree]] : Honestly, Furst seems to have a crush on Paris.
+* [[Gay Paree]]: Honestly, Furst seems to have a crush on Paris.
 * [[Grey and Black Morality]]
 * [[Government in Exile]]
-* [[Heroic Neutral]] : several of the characters start as this
+* [[Heroic Neutral]]: several of the characters start as this
 * [[La Résistance]]: the good guys
 * [[Little Hero, Big War]]
-* [[Ruritania]] : The best way to describe the little countries all about. A lot of them are Balkan or Eastern European countries ruled by petty [[Glorious Leader]] s of varying degrees of evilness but seldom really comparable to the [[Big Bad]] s.
+* [[Ruritania]]: The best way to describe the little countries all about. A lot of them are Balkan or Eastern European countries ruled by petty [[Glorious Leader]] s of varying degrees of evilness but seldom really comparable to the [[Big Bad]] s.
 * [[Secret Police]]: the Gestapo and the NKVD
 * [[Techno Babble]]: Furst fans love his realistic tradecraft.