The Caribbean account [Hardcover]

Alan Furst (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 342 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Press; First Edition edition (1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440013933
• ISBN-13: 978-0440013938
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,482,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alan Furst is widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel. Now translated into seventeen languages, he is the bestselling author of Night Soldiers, Dark Star, The Polish Officer, The World at Night, Red Gold, Kingdom of Shadows, Blood of Victory, Dark Voyage, and The Foreign Correspondent Born in New York, he now lives in Paris and on Long Island.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Furst before he was First still darn good!, June 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Caribbean account (Hardcover)

Those familiar with the current WWII settings of Alan Furst's thrillers like Dark Star and Red Gold will be amazed at the difference between those and his earlier works. But I found this novel to be a wonderfully enjoyable read, kind of a cross between current James Ellroy and Carl Hiaasen--yet a shade lighter than both in regards to Ellroy's darkness and Hiassen's sometimes over-the-top humor. Was leaning toward 5 stars, but alas, I am too big a fan of Furst's current novels to give this the same grade I give those. Perfect summer reading. Should be reprinted in trad paperback form(his earlier novels were well received by book critics), they would sell.