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Review title: my first Silva experience ... but not the last
Product review: This was the first novel that I read by Daniel Silva, just picking it up because a friend had recommeneded that I read Silva and I needed something to read on a couple of flights last week. Anyway, this was a good pick. Very absorbing read with several interesting dynamics at play; art thievery, Nazis and laundered money, secretive Swiss bankers, an Israeli spy network, the canals of Venice, a beautiful young violinist recuperating from a possibly career-ending hand injury... and the English Assassin that is referenced in the book title. But, as Silva fans will know, the main character is art restorer/spy Gabriel Allon. This is not the first novel to feature Allon, so of course now I need to go back and read the first one, and the others in the series. Silva is a talented author, one that knows how to give you a page-turning story, filled with history and characters that you care about. I'll be reading more.
