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Red Gold

Alan Furst

1999258 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Random House · 258 pages · ENGISBN 9780679451860
  • 2002Random House Trade Paperbacks · 266 pages · ENGISBN 9780375758591
  • 1999ISIS Audio BooksISBN 9780753106174
  • 2000Ulverscroft Large Print · 432 pages · ENGISBN 9780708942536
  • 1999Books on Tape · ENGISBN 9780736689250
  • 2005Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 288 pagesISBN 9780297848455
  • 2005Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 288 pagesISBN 9780753818312

Set in the underworld of Paris in 1941. Reluctant spy Jean Casson returns to occupied Paris under a new identity. He is wanted by the Gestapo therefore must stay away from the civilised circles he knew as a film producer and learn to survive in the shadowy backstreets and cheap hotels of Pigalle. Yet as the war drags on, he finds himself drawn back into the dangerous world of resistance and sabotage.

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AtmosphereBleak

How it reads

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent

When and where

ThemesWar

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  • Warmoderateunreviewed

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