Under Occupation

Under Occupation Summary

From “America’s preeminent spy novelist” (The New York Times) comes a fast-paced, mesmerizing thriller of the French resistance fighters working secretly and bravely to defeat Hitler.
  
Occupied Paris, 1942. Just before he dies, a man being chased by the Gestapo hands off a strange-looking document to the unsuspecting novelist Paul Ricard. It looks like a blueprint of a part for a military weapon, one that might have important information for the Allied forces. Ricard realizes he must try to get the diagram into the hands of members of the resistance network. 
 
As Ricard finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into anti-Nazi efforts and increasingly dangerous espionage assignments, he travels to Germany and along the escape routes of underground resistance safe houses to spy on Nazi maneuvers. When he meets the mysterious and beautiful Leila, a professional spy, they begin to work together to get crucial information out of France and into the hands of the Allied forces in London.



Book Reviews

DYCKL

A GREAT BOOK...5 star

THIS BOOK TAKES YOU INTO THE LIFE OF PARIS DURING THE WAR. THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE STREETS, THE APARTMENTS, THE VISITS TO THE COUNTRY ARE SO LOVINGLY PRESENTED THAT YOU ARE THERE!55

Ellebeebee

Under Occupation3 star

As an avid Furst reader, I found this book a disappointment. Seemed pretty much phoned in.35

op cit

Disappointed1 star

Having read all of Furst's work, some twice, this latest is a major disappointment. Characters are one-dimensional, lack depth, vignettes stretch all credulity, the reader is asked to accept coincidence after coincidence. Save your time and reread an earlier piece.15

bbiffer

Terrible1 star

This book was a waste of money and time15

Reidogc

Not so good2 star

Starts out with a strong through- theme that educates and engages Ends with a series of short stories that would fit in Boys Own in the 60’s A resistance member actively tracked by the Gestapo “crosses the border into Switzerland “ - easily it appears — unlikely A French couple escape capture in Germany by jumping on Ferry to Copenhagen Next sentence “ when they got back to Paris “ Htf ??? Lazy writing .25

Jouncer

Superficial2 star

A poorly written story where the main characters magically avoid capture by the Gestapo. This book is not the same quality as the other Alan Furst novels.25

Atlanta Golfer

Furst’s worst1 star

With every new book he gets worse. Terrible, unbelievable “plot”. Stay away.15

bobditch

Disappointed with my favorite author2 star

I’ve read all of Furst’s books, so I was excited to see he had a new title out. I was very disappointed with this read. It felt like a very disjointed and undeveloped novel. A lot was missing and very unbelievable ( I know it’s fiction, but it still has to plausible ). It’s like he had to churn out a quick book to fulfill his contract.25

Zeusdave

To his best work2 star

Previous books were inch better. Choppy .25



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