"Agent Zigzag"

Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal (Ben Macintyre)

It's weird to be calling a book subtitled "A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal" a fun read, but here we are. The book's subject matter - which I'm sure you can guess from the title - certainly doesn't sound like it would make for an enjoyably breezy book, but the titular Agent Zigzag is such a character that it works. (He's also ably assisted by the German intelligence organizations, who come off, if not quite as comic opera buffoons, at least a bunch of eccentric, weird hard-luck cases.) When I first started reading this book, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it - I've read enough World War II to choke a stable full of horses, and this looked like just another WW2 book crowding the new-release shelves at your local bookstore for a week before hitting the bargain bin. Instead, this is a very pleasant surprise and a book I whole-heartily recommend.  

Grade: A