Fiction International Mystery & Crime
The Greek Wall
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2018
- Category
- International Mystery & Crime, Traditional British, Greece
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781908524850
- Publish Date
- Feb 2018
- List Price
- $23.5
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 15 to 18
- Grade: 10 to 12
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.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Nicolas Verdan: Nicolas Verdan was born in Vevey, Switzerland in 1971. He was a prominent journalist before turning full-time to fiction. He splits his time between Switzerland and Greece. He won the Prix Bibliomedia Suisse 2006 for his first novel, Le Rendez-vous de Thessalonique, which was translated into Greek. Also the Prix du Public de la RTS 2012, Prix Schiller 2012 et lauréat du Roman des Romands 2012-2013 for his novel Le Patient du docteur Hirschfeld. The Greek Wall is his first work available in English.
Editorial Reviews
A political debate familiar to American and European readers undergirds
Swiss author Verdan’s stellar U.S. debut. Publishers Weekly
A tight mystery that doubles as an informative political thriller. Terrific
atmosphere. The London Times
