The Greek wall
By: Nicolas Verdan ; translated from the French by W. Donald Wilson
Contributors: Wilson, William Donald, 1938- translator
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781908524850
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Politics and government; Murder; Intelligence officers; Immigrants; Fiction; Investigation; Human trafficking; Foreign relations
Work titles: Mur Grec
Description: A severed head is found on the Greek border near a wall planned to stop Middle Eastern immigrants crossing from Turkey. Intelligence Agent Evangelos wants the truth about the murder, human trafficking into Greece, and about the corruption surrounding the wall's construction. It is a mystery novel and a political thriller but more importantly it evokes the problems of the West incarnated in Greece: isolationism, fear of immigration, economic collapse, and corruption. While dark, it is also poetic and paints an indelible portrait of Athens, with its mixed fragrances of eucalyptus, freshly baked bread, and cigarette smoke.
Notes: Translated from the French.