Title: Loved the book, but for one niggling problem...
Product review: I loved this book, even the ending others have found ridiculous or straining credibility. It was a flight of historical fantasy, yes, but it is not impossible and a riveting story. But there's one flaw that's bothered me in the months since I read it - Fluke passes the stadium where Russia is playing somebody in soccer. The game is tied, goes into overtime, and ends 3-2. But hey! International soccer goes into overtime very, very rarely - only in certain playoff matches - and tied games end tied 99% of the time. This could have been the 1997 Italy-Russia playoff, but that didn't go into overtime. Was this just an edit made for Americans? Or did Harris really not know how the game works? Either way, I found that to be a bothersome, insulting part of an otherwise excellent novel.
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