Spies of the Balkans (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Furst, Alan

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9781410428585: Spies of the Balkans (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)

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ISBN 10: 1410428583 ISBN 13: 9781410428585

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2010

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A tale set in World War II Macedonia finds senior police official Costa Zannis working with a resistance cell and secret operatives from various European regions to organize an escape route from Berlin to neutral Turkey.

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Review:

As delicately crafted as John le Carre at the height of his George Smiley years, it is a delight from first page to last... Seductive, unexpectedly sexy... it's told with an elegance that reverberates long after it's finished: it is quite superb (Geoffrey Wansell DAILY MAIL - 25 June 2010)

It's classic Furst - elegantly written, faultlessly researched, full of lovely details... Excellent. (THE GUARDIAN - 26 June 2010)

Furst's characters have the foibles, frailties and fears of humanity under pressure... it is a thriller but with real people and real history. I cannot wait for my next Furst. (Denis MacShane MP Minister for the Balkans 2001-05 THE INDEPENDENT - 2 July 2010)

enthralling evocation of the Balkans in 1940... A dark, frightening, instructive tale. (Jessica Mann LITERARY REVIEW)

intensely cinematic... the visual texture is rich and the Furst-world closes around the reader with an agreeable chill from the outset (TLS)

The literary style belies a deftly paced plot in an old-fashioned spy thriller more reminiscent of John Le Carr� and Graham Greene than Ian Fleming. Highly recommended. (THE IRISH TIMES)

Book Description:

'America's pre-eminent spy novelist' [NEW YORK TIMES] returns with a gripping tale of intrigue.

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