![]() ![]() With 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. 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. In the backrooms of barbers, envelopes change hands, and in the Club de Salonique the air is thick with whispers.Ĭosta Zannis is the city's dashing chief detective - a man with contacts high and low, in the Balkans and beyond. In the port city of Salonika, with its wharves and brothels, dark alleys and. To the bustle of tavernas and the smell of hashish, a secret war is taking shape. Buy a cheap copy of Spies of the Balkans book by Alan Furst. ![]()
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