He's like Leslie Howard, Joseph Cotten and Jean Gabin all rolled into one, returning from dangerous missions and being immediately gathered into the arms of women in delicate lingerie. Hungarian counts have great estates.
Trains head into the night carrying spies and assassins.
Boundaries were shifting, refugees desperately seeking safety. Those dear people. But the heroes in his novels are noble, fearless and have adventures in exotic places, some Furst has never visited. But Furst, who is sometimes compared to le Carre and Eric Ambler, has resurrected the classic form of spy novel. His villains are still the SS and the Soviet secret police.