All of this happens, while he undertakes the demanding work of making the film, 'Apres La Guerre'. Stahl's own nascent political views are very much in the other direction and he is gradually dragged into a propaganda war that is heating up in Paris and elsewhere. Arriving in Paris, Stahl soon finds himself the center of attention for a group of German sympathizers bent on keeping France from opposing Hitler's ambitions in Europe. More specifically, the focus of 'Mission.' is film actor Fredric Stahl, an Austrian-born emigre who has built a successful career in Hollywood and finds himself, in mid-1938, loaned out by his studio to a French film company to star in a 'Beau Geste' kind of flick that ironically is a commentary on the tragedies of war. Fans of the genre know that Furst's books are a kind of literary comfort food-this one is French bistro cuisine all the way.

In the tradition of the author's previous work, there is a male protagonist working against the Nazis in a European setting (Paris and Berlin mostly this time), with a supporting cast of interesting characters (friends, lovers, collaborators and conniving opponents with vicious intent).

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