Mendez was a pro in the art of disguise and exfiltration. He was active during the Cold War and was part of the mission that rescued six Americans in Iran in 1979. If you've seen the movie, Argo, then you know the story.
Mendez didn't just make fake passports. Whole legends were made for each subject. Paper trails don't just involve a passport. They had to disguise the person themselves, and they had to make sure every piece of paper would pass the current inspection process by the government they were dealing with at the time. Argo was a particularly involved process, where they created a whole production company and script for a movie. If you've never read/seen anything about it, I highly recommend you look into it. It was pretty cool.
Anyway, parts of this book were a bit slow. The pacing wasn't necessarily different, it just seemed like some of the sections were more interesting than others. Overall, I did like the book. It opened my eyes to something that was a lot more complicated than I imagined. It gets a Good Book! review, but it's not going to be for everyone. I think you're going to need to have a pretty healthy interest in the Cold War and the spycraft of the time.
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