The Greek Wall

by Nicolas Verdan, Donald Wilson (Translator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908524850
Publisher:	Bitter Lemon Press, Ltd
Publication date:	02/13/2018
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	15 - 18 Years

About the Author

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

★ 12/18/2017
A political debate familiar to American readers undergirds Swiss author Verdan’s stellar U.S. debut. In 2010, the Greeks are considering building a wall on the border with Turkey, a government project with “both practical and symbolic value, being intended simultaneously to discourage illegal immigration and to send the message that Greece could not be entered at will.” Euros from Brussels are required for its construction, and the discovery of a headless male corpse near the border threatens to imperil the plan. Given the high stakes, the Greek leaders want Evangelos, the agent of the National Intelligence Service investigating the murder, to act quietly and identify the victim as soon as possible. Evangelos, a new grandfather who considers the truth sacred, pursues the few leads doggedly, wherever they might lead. Verdan effectively uses a less-than-omniscient third-person narrator (“But is that really the history of family? His own family?”). The outcome will bring solace to those opposed to the construction of border walls. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

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

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