My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Misison to Paris (2012) by Alan Furst is truly a work of beauty. I’ve never read an Alan Furst novel before, but I must admit I’m hooked.
Furst captures Paris in 1938 with such ease and charm that the story of Stahl, an actor from Hollywood shooting a movie in Paris, glides along as if on ice and at times he is enchanting and at times mysteriously dangerous.
Stahl gets attention from some Nazi Germans and is taken to Berlin for a film festival, but they are not done with him yet.
Mission to Paris is what literature is supposed to be about: a beautiful story told intelligently.
A Strong Recommend.
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