Kingdom of Shadows

Kingdom of Shadows

â€œKingdom of ShadowsÂ must be called a spy novel, but it transcends genre, as did some Graham Greene and Eric Ambler classics.â€â€”The Washington Post

Paris, 1938. As Europe edges toward war, Nicholas Morath, an urbane former cavalry officer, spends his days working at the small advertising agency he owns and his nights in the bohemian circles of his Argentine mistress. But Morath has been recruited by his uncle, Count Janos Polanyi, a diplomat in the Hungarian legation, for operations against Hitlerâ€™s Germany. It is Morath who does Polanyiâ€™s clandestine work, moving between the beach cafÃ©s of Juan-les-Pins and the forests of Ruthenia, from Czech fortresses in the Sudetenland to the private gardens of the dÃ©classÃ© royalty in Budapest. The web Polanyi spins for Morath is deep and complex and pits him against German intelligence officers, NKVD renegades, and Croat assassins in a shadow war of treachery and uncertain loyalties, a war that Hungary cannot afford to lose. Alan Furst is frequently compared with Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, and John le CarrÃ©, butÂ Kingdom of ShadowsÂ is distinctive and entirely original. It is Furst at his very best.

Praise forÂ Kingdom of Shadows

â€œKingdom of ShadowsÂ offers a realm of glamour and peril that are seamlessly intertwined and seem to arise effortlessly from the authorâ€™s consciousness.â€â€”Janet Maslin,Â The New York TimesÂ Â

â€œSubtly spun, sensitive to nuances, generous with contemporary detail and information discreetly conveyed. . . . Itâ€™s hard to overestimateÂ Kingdom of Shadows.â€â€”Eugen Weber,Â Los Angeles Times

â€œA triumph: evocative, heartfelt, knowing and witty.â€â€”Robert J. Hughes,Â The Wall Street Journal

â€œImagine discovering an unscreened espionage thriller from the late 1930s, a classic black- and- white movie that captures the murky allegiances and moral ambiguity of Europe on the brink of war. . . . Nothing can be like watchingÂ CasablancaÂ for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years.â€â€”Walter Shapiro,Â Time
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780375758263
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2001-10-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375758263

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780375758263
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2001-10-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375758263

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