Under occupation : a novel / Alan Furst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furst, Alan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.

France.

Paris (France)--History--1940-1944--Fiction.

Paris (France).

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945.

Genre:

Spy stories.

Historical fiction.

Spy fiction.

Physical Description:

206 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2019]

Summary:

"After the Nazi victory over Poland in 1939, thousands of Poles were sent to Germany as slave laborers. From inside enemy territory, they found ways to get valuable information to resistance fighters in France. Paul Ricard, a French writer of detective novels, is drawn in to working in the resistance, as a spy against the Reich, and is charged with getting the information from the Polish prisoners to the Allied forces. Alongside him in the fight against Germany are an �emigr�e girl and a mysterious Turkish woman who is in the contract espionage business."-- Provided by publisher.

"After the Nazi victory over Poland in 1939, thousands of Poles were sent to Germany as slave laborers. From inside enemy territory, they found ways to get valuable information to resistance fighters in France. Paul Ricard, a French writer of detective novels, is drawn in to working in the resistance, as a spy against the Reich, and is charged with getting the information from the Polish prisoners to the Allied forces. Alongside him in the fight against Germany are an émigré girl and a mysterious Turkish woman who is in the contract espionage business."-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780399592300

039959230X

OCLC:

1089289605