I expect that my readers have been to Europe, I expect them to have some feeling for a foreign language, I expect them to have read books - there are a lot of people like that! That's my audience. Alan Furst audiencebookeurope Change image and share on social
If you read the history of the national Socialist party, they're all people who felt like life should have been better to them. They're disappointed, vengeful, angry. Alan Furst angrydisappointfelt Change image and share on social
If I'm a genre writer, I'm at the edge. In the end, they do work like genre fiction. You have a hero, there's a love interest, there's always a chase, there's fighting of some kind. You don't have to do that in a novel. But you do in a genre novel. Alan Furst chaseedgeend share on social
Robert Ludlum, all of them, write the absolute best they can. You can't tone it down. You just do what you do, and if it comes out literary, so be it. Alan Furst absoluteliteraryludlum Change image and share on social
I love Paris for the million reasons that everybody loves the city. It's an incredibly romantic and beautiful place. Alan Furst beautifulcityincredibly Change image and share on social
Moscow had this incredible, intense atmosphere of intrigue and darkness and secrecy. Alan Furst atmospheredarknessincredible Change image and share on social
When you move a border, suddenly life changes violently. I write about nationality. Alan Furst borderlifemove Change image and share on social
My father died when I was young, and my mother, Ruth, went to work in an office selling theater and movie parties. She put me through private school, Horace Mann, in Riverdale. She sent me to camp so that I would learn to compete. She was a lioness, and I was her cub. Alan Furst campcompetecub share on social
I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything. Alan Furst driveenginehistory Change image and share on social