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Be the first to ask a question about The Foreign Correspondent. Lists with This Book. Jun 05, Darwin8u rated it liked it Shelves: I took a small pause from reading Furst because his books had started to all be blending in together maybe by design , but 'The Foreign Correspondent' was like a well-timed nosh. The story was tight and well-paced, there was an interesting memoir-within-a-novel that worked rather well since the protagonist in the novel was the ghost-writer of the memoir.

Anyway, not on my top-shelf of Furst's novels, but it was a good Night Soldier's addition that focused on the period of when Italy under Il Duce formally aligned with Hitler's Germany while also bringing back a lot of Furst's crossover characters in small appearances as well as the perpetually cameoed Brasserie Heininger. Mar 08, Will Byrnes rated it it was ok Shelves: I found this book very disappointing.

It could still be pretty good, right? I have enjoyed more than a few books that transport one back to the time and place, capturing a certain feel. I was still hoping for Hitchcockian adventure. Ala I found this book very disappointing. Furst has made considerable effort to capture the sensibility of say, Eric Ambler. Although our hero Carlo Weisz was certainly heroic enough, although looked at individually the elements make sense, I never really felt all that involved. It was as if the writer was engaged in a solely intellectual undertaking.

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Foreign Correspondent is a American spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of an American reporter who tries to expose enemy spies. The Foreign Correspondent has ratings and reviews. Darwin8u said: “ A fat man with a Nazi party pin in his lapel played Cole Porter on a white p.

It felt to me that the book lacked soul. I expect I am in the minority here. View all 16 comments. Stars-wise, this is either a strong 3 or a weak 4. Normally, I would rate Alan Furst's novels more highly, and this one was a solid 4-star up until the last 50 pages or so.

I think the problem I had was that the author doesn't seem to flesh out the last part of the story enough. Furst gives us a lovely build-up, but when his protagonist is in the most danger, he the author rushes through to the end. Still, I was entertained.

All the usual elements were there: Reading Alan Furst is like watching Casablanca or one of those old wartime spy films with Charles Boyer. That said, this one wasn't as good as most of his other books. Jul 21, Lewis Weinstein rated it really liked it Shelves: Furst's place descriptions, as always, are superb.

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The plot is satisfyingly complex, and the ending is appropriately ambiguous - the lives Furst explores never have clear demarcations. I enjoyed this adventure through Paris on the eve of the Second World War, partly because of all the references to newspaper journalism as a force for good, partly for its portrait of emigres' lives that don't seem so dissimilar from my own as an expat in a foreign land, and partly because the age we live in feels a lot like a prelude to disaster and it's inspiring to feel that people of conscience in a previous age could make a difference, if at great personal cost.

Oh, and did I mention that t I enjoyed this adventure through Paris on the eve of the Second World War, partly because of all the references to newspaper journalism as a force for good, partly for its portrait of emigres' lives that don't seem so dissimilar from my own as an expat in a foreign land, and partly because the age we live in feels a lot like a prelude to disaster and it's inspiring to feel that people of conscience in a previous age could make a difference, if at great personal cost.

Oh, and did I mention that this was a love story too? Download my starter library for free here - http: Nov 23, Michael Klein rated it it was ok. So why not sit back and watch a master at work? I found "The Foreign Correspondent" to be slightly disappointing, particularly when held up to "Warsaw. Which sounds funny - his name literally appears on every single page - but still, there was something distant about the way Furst presented him to us. As a result, there didn't seem to be as much at stake for him - though obviously a journalist who dabbles in spycraft on the eve of WWII could certainly lose his head for it.

It was just that I had a hard time caring about him. I kept feeling like there was going to be another character introduced who would be our protaganist. But, no, it was Weisz. And then we are eventually introduced to a past love interest who motivates the second half of the novel. But wait, what about her is so special?

Nothing that I can see. And she appears so late in the story - is in and out again no pun intended - she wasn't enough for me to see Weisz take the risks he did, and since she wasn't worth it, I had a hard time empathizing with him. Furst does a more capitivating job for me in bringing secondary and teritiary characters to life: I still am a huge Alan Furst fan - I just think the story of Carlo Weisz might have been a bit of a misfire.

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I have more of his novels in the queue and I look forward to reading them. Furst to you, though perhaps not this one, but rather "The Spies of Warsaw. In the world of Alan Furst the clock is set to either just before the start of or just after the start of the Second World War. He excels at presenting that sick feeling in the pit of the stomach that things are likely to get much worse The Foreign Correspondent is the story of Reuters foreign correspondent Carlo Weisz, from Trieste, who now lives in Paris working for Reuters, and in his spare time editing an anti-fascist publication called Liberazione , which is attracting the unwel In the world of Alan Furst the clock is set to either just before the start of or just after the start of the Second World War.

The Foreign Correspondent is the story of Reuters foreign correspondent Carlo Weisz, from Trieste, who now lives in Paris working for Reuters, and in his spare time editing an anti-fascist publication called Liberazione , which is attracting the unwelcome attentions of OVRA, Mussolini's secret police. Weisz gets connected up with various British Intelligence operatives, who are eager to use his skills against Mussolini -- especially after the latter signs the so-called Pact of Steel with Hitler.

It is June , and we are three months from the Nazi invasion of Poland. Like all of Furst's novels, there is a brooding atmosphere of impending violence, which no one is quite nearly as good at as he is. There are several interesting subplots set in Germany, Spain, and Italy.

I have enjoyed all the Furst novels I have read; and The Foreign Correspondent is well worth reading. This turned out to be really yummy. Good "cloak and dagger" stuff, but with nary a cloak nor a dagger in sight. Italian emigres living in Paris put together newspapers to be smuggled into Italy, where Mussolini has control of the information flow. Instead of the fast-paced action, it depicts what life was like in Europe immediately before WWII began in earnest. Everyone was tense, knowing war was coming, but not knowing what they should do or h This turned out to be really yummy.

Everyone was tense, knowing war was coming, but not knowing what they should do or how it would play out in their own lives. The author really knows Europe, and he knows his history. The little details made me feel I was there. I had to read the first 70 pages quite slowly so I could keep track of who everyone was and what side they were on and how they fit into the picture. After that I could speed up a bit. Not that I was in a hurry, but the first 70 pages I really had to concentrate! Jul 30, Steve rated it really liked it.

Thank you, Susan, for turning me on to this well-told spy story. I have to believe that Furst is among the best in this genre. I have to say I also came away with a greater appreciation for historical fiction, in general. Plus, if the writer is as good as this one is, the story itself can be artful and involving.

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I think the motto for this book has to be "Il faut en finir" -- roughly, this can't go on. This story takes place toward the end of through the summer of ' it follows the experiences of Carlo Weisz and his fellow refugees from the Mussolini regime in Paris. Carlo is in an extremely unique position as a journalist working for the Reuters News Service in Paris, miles above pretty insubstantial jobs his colleagues have -- he is the only one in the emigre group that is able to pursue his pro I think the motto for this book has to be "Il faut en finir" -- roughly, this can't go on.

Carlo is in an extremely unique position as a journalist working for the Reuters News Service in Paris, miles above pretty insubstantial jobs his colleagues have -- he is the only one in the emigre group that is able to pursue his profession and travel all over Europe. He is a member of an anti-fascist group who is running an underground newspaper The ending felt a little jumbled and incomplete -- I wonder if these characters end up in other novels. View all 3 comments. Jun 06, Merilee rated it really liked it.

Another fun thriller listened to in the car. This one narrated by Alfred Molina, who does a great job with all the accents, except for pronouncing Madchen Maadchen: View all 10 comments. The chutes were aimed at the windshield of the cockpit so that water would break through the rice paper at the right moment, simulating the crash of the aircraft into the ocean.

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Hitchcock's eccentric marriage proposal to his wife Alma was written for this film, for the scene when Jones proposes to Carol. The film, which ends with London being bombed, opened in the United States at the dawn of the Battle of Britain , just three days after the Luftwaffe began bombing British coastal airfields in the early Adlerangriff phase of the Battle of Britain , and a week before Germany actually began bombing London on August In , Foreign Correspondent was nominated for six Academy Awards , but did not win any.

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