A Long Night in Paris: Winner of the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger
Autor Dov Alfonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iun 2019
Ne-a atras atenția, încă de la primele pagini, tensiunea psihologică a personajelor prinse într-un angrenaj birocratic și operativ care le depășește controlul imediat. În A Long Night in Paris, miza nu este doar salvarea unor cetățeni dispăruți, ci supraviețuirea într-un sistem unde loialitatea este o monedă de schimb volatilă. Dov Alfon construiește o cursă contra cronometru care debutează banal, cu o dispariție pe aeroportul Charles de Gaulle, dar care escaladează rapid într-un incident diplomatic de proporții. Notăm cu interes modul în care autorul, el însuși fost ofițer în Unitatea 8200, infuzează textul cu un realism rece, lipsit de artificiile clasice ale genului, punând accent pe detaliile tehnice ale interceptărilor și pe jocurile de putere din interiorul serviciilor de informații.
Subliniem structura narativă duală: în timp ce Colonelul Zeev Abadi navighează pe străzile Parisului sub privirile vigilente ale unor comandouri chineze, locotenentul Oriana Talmor devine ancora sa în Tel Aviv, oferind o perspectivă analitică asupra evenimentelor. Ritmul este dictat de succesiunea rapidă a orelor nopții, creând o atmosferă sufocantă în care fiecare decizie poate lăsa în urmă cadavre în arondismentele pariziene. Dacă Conviction de D. A. Mishani v-a captivat prin explorarea procedurilor polițienești și a disparițiilor care par domestice dar ascund secrete statale, această carte extinde experiența în direcția spionajului tehnologic și a geopoliticii dure, unde granița dintre aliat și inamic este aproape invizibilă. Stilul este tăios, cerebral, amintind de rigoarea literaturii de profil a lui John le Carré, dar adaptată vitezei secolului XXI.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0857058819
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Quercus Books
Colecția MacLehose Press
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care caută autenticitate în literatura de spionaj. Scris de un insider al serviciilor de informații israeliene, volumul oferă o incursiune fascinantă în culisele Unității 8200. Veți câștiga o perspectivă realistă asupra modului în care funcționează supravegherea modernă, totul într-un format de tip „cursă contra cronometru” care transformă Parisul într-un teren de șah mortal. Este o lectură esențială pentru fanii genului politic și polițist internațional.
Descriere
From a former Israeli intelligence officer, comes the most realistic, thrilling and authentic thriller of the year.
Chinese gangsters and Israeli intelligence face off in Paris - Israel's bestselling book of 2017, perfect for fans of Homeland, John Le Carré and Mick Herron
When an Israeli tech entrepreneur disappears from Charles de Gaulle airport with a woman in red, logic dictates youthful indiscretion. But Israel is on a state of high alert nonetheless. Colonel Zeev Abadi, the new head of Unit 8200's autonomous Special Section, who just happens to be in Paris, also just happens to have arrived on the same flight.
For Commissaire Léger of the Paris Police coincidences have their reasons, and most are suspect. When a second young Israeli is kidnapped soon after arriving on the same flight, this time at gunpoint from his hotel room, his suspicions are confirmed - and a diplomatic incident looms.
Back in Tel Aviv, Lieutenant Oriana Talmor, Abadi's deputy, is his only ally, applying her sharp wits to the race to identify the victims and the reasons behind their abduction. In Paris a covert Chinese commando team listens to the investigation unfurl and watches from the rooftops. While by the hour the morgue receives more bodies from the river and the city's arrondissements.
The clock has been set. And this could be a long night in the City of Lights.
Recenzii
This is deeply enjoyable espionage thriller with plenty of juicy details about modern spycraft, and although he is sometimes as sardonic and cynical as John Le Carré, Alfon's style is light and relaxed. He invests his heroes, Bond-esque spymaster Colonel Zeev Abadi and his beautiful, brilliant deputy Lt Oriana Talmor, with his own agreeable sense of humour . . . A spy novel with lead characters that are genuinely likeable.
Some terrific action sequences in this fiendishly complicated yet pacey thriller. Readers who relish technical detail will appreciate the wealth of information about the Israeli intelligence services, cheek-by-jowl with political shenanigans, Chinese gangsters and mysterious blonds
So self-possessed and jaw-clinchingly good . . . escapes the ghetto of genre fiction through some great writing. Highly recommended
Rarely can so much action have been crammed into a story of espionage covering just one day . . . Dov Alfon, a former intelligence officer and the editor-in-chief of an Israeli newspaper, knows about secrets and how to tell stories . . . Breathlessly exciting.
A genuinely thrilling espionage novel . . . Chinese gangsters, French detectives, Russian models and charismatic, backstabbing Israeli spies, all locked into a brilliantly choreographed danse macabre.
I can't remember any previous Israeli thriller so brilliant, lean and sleek . . . A novel for our post-truth times, totally believable and impossible to put down.
Alfon takes over from John Le Carre and the old masters of the spy novel.
Alfon breaks the limits of previous generation thrillers and creates the 21st century spy novel, sleek, highly political, funny, romantic and unforgettable.
Thriller of the year... I'm in love with this duo of intelligence officers, they'll never let me down.
Best novel of the year... John Le-Carre and scores of Mossad agents can happily retire and leave room for Dov Alfon and his Unit 8200 wizards, who change the shape of espionage thrillers with enormous talent, depth and intensity. A masterpiece.
The best Israeli thriller ever written.
If you want to sleep during your flight, do *not* buy this thriller at the airport! The pages fly by themselves and prey on my thoughts long after I landed.
Dov Alfon has written a first-class thriller, utterly knowing, richly detailed and rigorously researched . . . A wonderful book, riveting and ingenious. I couldn't put it down till the final twist.
Best read... Alfon knows so much about the ways the Israeli intelligence corps work that it adds a lot to the enjoyment of the book... His characters are great, and the plot is full of suspense and very fast-paced. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
An amazing achievement... This thriller captures the zeitgeist with enormous power . . . Equal parts suspense and entertainment, you simply can't put it down.
Fast action, clever plotting and a Bond-esque lead character who drives the narrative forward at every turn . . . This is high octane spy action with a genuinely fascinating ability to take us behind the scenes of a modern intelligence service.