{"product_id":"spies-of-the-balkans-cd-9781442306059","title":"Spies of the Balkans","description":"\u003cbr\u003eGreece, 1940. Not sunny vacation Greece: northern Greece, Macedonian Greece, Balkan Greece--the city of Salonika. In that ancient port, with its wharves and warehouses, dark lanes and Turkish mansions, brothels and tavernas, a tense political drama is being played out. On the northern border, the Greek army has blocked Mussolini's invasion, pushing his divisions back to Albania--the first defeat suffered by the Nazis, who have conquered most of Europe. But Adolf Hitler cannot tolerate such freedom; the invasion is coming, it's only a matter of time, and the people of Salonika can only watch and wait. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of this drama is Costa Zannis, a senior police official, head of an office that handles special political cases. As war approaches, the spies begin to circle, from the Turkish legation to the German secret service. There's a British travel writer, a Bulgarian undertaker, and more. Costa Zannis must deal with them all. And he is soon in the game, securing an escape route--from Berlin to Salonika, and then to a tenuous safety in Turkey, a route protected by German lawyers, Balkan detectives, and Hungarian gangsters. And hunted by the Gestapo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, as war threatens, the erotic life of the city grows passionate. For Zannis, that means a British expatriate who owns the local ballet academy, a woman from the dark side of Salonika society, and the wife of a local shipping magnate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeclared an incomparable expert at his game by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Furst outdoes even his own finest novels in this thrilling new book. With extraordinary authenticity, a superb cast of characters, and heart-stopping tension as it moves from Salonika to Paris to Berlin and back, \u003cb\u003eSpies of the Balkans\u003c\/b\u003e is a stunning novel about a man who risks everything to right--in many small ways--the world's evil.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50312152514833,"sku":"CIN144230605XVG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50383137407249,"sku":"CIN144230605XG","price":15.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/144230605X.jpg?v=1751147697","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/spies-of-the-balkans-cd-9781442306059","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}