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Alan furst is an american author of historical spy novels. Senior police official costa zannis is investigating a stranger who slipped in on a turkish freighte. Aug 29, 2010 fursts books usually contain some oldworld sex scenes, and spies of the balkans follows suit. Spies of the balkans, by alan furst the independent. Download pdf download epub read online related books. Jun 28, 2011 and finally, the europe that furst describes in spies of the balkans is truly one that accurately reflects the historical record. Jun 17, 2010 the man around whom alan fursts new spy novel revolves is constantine zannis, a highly placed police official in salonika, greece. Jun 14, 2010 his novels include night soldiers, dark star, the polish officer, the world at night, red gold, kingdom of shadows, blood of victory, dark voyage, the foreign correspondent, and the spies of warsaw.
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