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More copies of this ISBN:The Polish Officerby Alan Furst
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:September 1939.
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. Alan Furst, an acknowledged master of the European espionage thriller, has produced a stunning achievement in The Polish Officer: dark, evocative, authentic, and taut with suspense. Review:"Brilliantly imagined, vividly drawn, rich with incident and detail....The Polish Officer portrays ordinary men and women caught out on the sharp edge of military intelligence operations in wartime: the partisans, saboteurs, resistance fighters and idealistic volunteers risking their lives in causes that seem lost." Robert Chatain, Chicago Tribune Review:"A great entertainer, Furst would probably be considered our finest practicing historical novelist if he weren't writing espionage novels. He's as good a historian as a novelist can afford to be....Driven by the missions and schemes of one central character more than by the events and institutions that dominate most espionage novels, Furst's books are full of shards of information, anecdotes, heartbreaking stories." Salon.com Review:"Beautifully written, powerfully imagined, and riveting as pure story....The book is a triumph." Charles McCarry, author of The Tears of Autumn Review:"Furst has shown that he can produce an espionage tale that sloughs off the coil of genre. But [The Polish Officer] — hugely ambitious and masterfully written — ups the ante....The author understands, with astounding breadth of vision...what WWII was all about....A truly splendid novel of the wartime experience." Kirkus Reviews Review:"Furst?s writing has the seductive shimmer of an urbane black-and-white Hollywood classic." The New York Times Review:"With clear, reticent prose and his trademark mastery of historical detail, Furst brings vividly to life this WWII-era tale of espionage and bravery, chronicling the work of the Polish underground in Poland, France and the Ukraine....Furst's understated narrative is insightful and convincing. The unassuming de Milja — who considers himself merely 'unafraid to die, and lucky so far' — proves an engaging protagonist. His exploits and the courageous sacrifices of the ordinary patriots who help him are both thrilling and at times inspiring." Publishers Weekly Review:"One of the best novels of the year....Brilliant." Robert Harris, author of Fatherland Review:"[A] riveting ?pure? story...wonderfully exact...transcends the spy novel while delivering everything any fan of le Carré could ask for." Robin Winks, The Boston Globe About the AuthorAlan Furst, an acknowledged master of the European espionage thriller, has produced a stunning achievement in The Polish Officer: dark, evocative, authentic, and taut with suspense. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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