North Sea Atmosphere: Dark Star: A Novel by Alan Furst 12/31/12
You can feel, see, hear, and smell the setting of the story of Andre Szara, a spymaster in Paris. The setting is vivid and alive for the reader. You can feel that you are there from the beat of the North Sea rain to the smell of coal fumes to the sound of the ship’s bell. It’s especially nostalgic to me to read about the tramp freighter Nicaea’s adventures. I sailed the North Sea for the first time last summer and I remember it well.
You can feel, see, hear, and smell the setting of the story of Andre Szara, a spymaster in Paris. The setting is vivid and alive for the reader. You can feel that you are there from the beat of the North Sea rain to the smell of coal fumes to the sound of the ship’s bell. It’s especially nostalgic to me to read about the tramp freighter Nicaea’s adventures. I sailed the North Sea for the first time last summer and I remember it well.