My theory is that sometimes writers write books because they want to read them, and they aren't there to be read. And I think that was true of me. Alan Furst bookreadtheory Change image and share on social
Venice has always fascinated me. Every country in Europe then was run by kings and the Vatican except Venice, which was basically run by councils. I've always wondered why. Alan Furst basicallycouncilcountry Change image and share on social
I think I honestly invented my own genre, the historical spy novel. Alan Furst genrehistoricalhonestly Change image and share on social
I'd never been in a police state. I didn't know what it was. I knew that it was, in the general way that people know that two and two is four, but it had no emotional value for me until I found myself in the middle of it. Alan Furst emotionalfindgeneral share on social
My grandmother, whom I adored, and who partly raised me, loved Liberace, and she watched Liberace every afternoon, and when she watched Liberace, she'd get dressed up and put on makeup because I think she thought if she could see Liberace, Liberace could see her. Alan Furst adoreafternoondress share on social
When I get asked about novelists I like, they tend to be white, male, and British, like Graham Greene. They write the kind of declarative sentences I like. I don't like to be deflected by acrobatics. Alan Furst acrobaticaskbritish Change image and share on social
I just became what I call an 'anti-fascist novelist.' There is no word that covers both the fascists and the Communists, which mean different things to people, but of course they're the same: they're tyranny states. Alan Furst anticallcommunist share on social
Graham Greene's work must be included in any survey of top-rank spy novels, and 'Our Man in Havana' may be his best. Alan Furst grahamgreenehavana Change image and share on social
