5/13/2023 0 Comments Spies of the Balkans by Alan FurstWith a remarkable cast of operatives, SPIES OF THE BALKANS is a brilliant espionage novel from Alan Furst. The British hear he can penetrate the continent's closed borders, and soon Zannis is embroiled in the resistance, and in a reckless love affair that could jeopardise everything. And as the situation in Germany worsens, Zannis becomes involved in an audacious plot - smuggling Jews to Istanbul, through the back door of Europe. As war approaches northern Greece, the spies begin to circle-from the Turkish legation to the German secret service. Mussolini's forces have retreated - for now - but German sights are fixed firmly on the region. Having helped defeat Italy in the highlands of Macedonia, Zannis returns to a city holding its breath. And as unknown ships and British 'travel writers' trickle through the port, he is a man very much in demand. Costa Zannis is the city's dashing chief detective - a man with contacts high and low, in the Balkans and beyond. In the backrooms of barbers, envelopes change hands, and in the Club de Salonique the air is thick with whispers. To the bustle of tavernas and the smell of hashish, a secret war is taking shape.
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