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Spies of the Balkans Book
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Salonika 1940. To the bustle of tavernas and the smell of hashish a secret war is taking shape. In the backrooms of barbers envelopes change hands and in the Club de Salonique the air is thick with whispers. Costa Zannis is the city's dashing chief detective - a man with contacts high and low in the Balkans and beyond. And as unknown ships and British 'travel writers' trickle through the port he is a man very much in demand. Having helped defeat Italy in the highlands of Macedonia Zannis returns to a city holding its breath. Mussolini's forces have retreated - for now - but German sights are fixed firmly on the region. And as the situation in Germany worsens Zannis becomes involved in an audacious plot - smuggling Jews to Istanbul through the back door of Europe. 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. With a remarkable cast of operatives SPIES OF THE BALKANS is a brilliant new espionage novel from Alan Furst.
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Set in Salonika, 1940, Spies of the Balkans is another masterful espionage thriller from Alan Furst. Capturing the drama of the Second World War and the sense of dread and anticipation in Greece as the country prepared itself for a possible Nazi attack; this is a fascinatingly well-researched historical thriller. Written in an almost film noir style, this novel sees mysterious and dashing chief detective Costa Zannis embroiled in a dangerous plot to smuggle Jews away from the clutches of the Nazis and into Istanbul.
- 0753827263
- 9780753827260
- Alan Furst
- 6 January 2011
- Phoenix
- Paperback (Book)
- 304
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