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A review by heritage
Mission to Paris by Alan Furst
3.0
While in Paris working on a film, a famous American movie star gets caught up in politics, propaganda, and espionage in the months leading up to Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939.
Having read most of Alan Furst's novels about espionage in World War 2, I'm starting to think he's covered the most interesting aspects already. There's very little new territory uncovered in this one, save the film-making process circa 1938 and a bit of insight into the propaganda machine Hitler had in place in Paris in preparation for war. Unfortunately that second one, which should have lead to a great deal of suspense, didn't really evoke much intrigue or interest from me. It seemed to lack punch or any sense of immediacy.
Like "Spies of the Balkans", this one seems as if it was phoned in. The sex was still good, and the protagonist Frederic Stahl was unusual for a film star--but not unusual for a Furst novel--but the whole novel was merely okay. Not bad. Not great. Just okay.
Having read most of Alan Furst's novels about espionage in World War 2, I'm starting to think he's covered the most interesting aspects already. There's very little new territory uncovered in this one, save the film-making process circa 1938 and a bit of insight into the propaganda machine Hitler had in place in Paris in preparation for war. Unfortunately that second one, which should have lead to a great deal of suspense, didn't really evoke much intrigue or interest from me. It seemed to lack punch or any sense of immediacy.
Like "Spies of the Balkans", this one seems as if it was phoned in. The sex was still good, and the protagonist Frederic Stahl was unusual for a film star--but not unusual for a Furst novel--but the whole novel was merely okay. Not bad. Not great. Just okay.