"Mission To Paris" by Alan Furst ***

• Early Review edition for LibraryThing.com
• US author
• Originally published 2012
• Actor in Paris in 1938 gets caught up in political warfare between Germany and France, just prior to the German invasion
• Review:  Furst's historical espionage novel, set in 1938 Paris, just prior to the German invasion, was interesting in terms of the workings of "political warfare", but was average in terms of plot and characters.  Sometimes I read a book which makes me feel as if the author wanted to educate and explain a historical phenomenon and had to come up with a plot to fit it.  It ends up becoming an uncompelling story with quite compelling historical content.  I prefer when both are compelling.