When you make 'em this good...

The knock on Alan Furst is that if you've read one of them, you've read them all. But there are subtleties that belie that opinion as evidenced by his new book, Spies of the Balkans.

I've just gotten started, but Furst isn't one to rush, and the reader shouldn't either.

In fact, I wonder if there's a reason to read his stuff during the World Cup.

All that smoldering European intrigue at once!

The NY Times weight in here.