Eventually

I'm not going to get to it for a while, but I fully intend to read Misha Glenny's new book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld as soon as I have a spare couple evenings. Glenny, a former BBC reporter specialzing in the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, is a really gripping writer; I loved his book The Fall of Yugoslavia. Reviews of McMafia, which outlines the rise and reach of international crime syndicates around the world, have been very good; see some here, here, and here.

Meanwhile, I have at least begun reading the book; the first chapter is posted at nextreads.com, courtesy of the Seattle Public Library.--David E