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The Greeks Have a Word for It (Norton Paperback Fiction)

by Barry Unsworth

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Two men travelling from England disembark in Greece from the same boat. How their lives accidentally and frighteningly intersect is the subject of this tense, deft novel.

Kennedy, an Englishman of no fixed address, is looking for a teaching job in what he hopes will be a Greek paradise. An opportunist who finds himself falling in love — or at least lust — he orchestrates a scam that will have some intended — and some thoroughly unintended — consequences. Mitsos is returning to Greece after many years away. An unresolved family tragedy awakens again, from the ghosts of his parents' deaths and the brutal wartime policies of Greek against Greek. With utterly convincing and sharp characterizations, Barry Unsworth brings us the underside of the progenitor of Western civilization.

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Barry Unsworth is the author of the Booker Prize-winning Sacred Hunger, the Booker-nominated Morality Play, and many other novels.

Synopsis:

When two men disembark from the same boat in Greece, their lives accidentally and frighteningly intersect.

Kennedy, an opportunist, orchestrates a scam that will have some intended and some thoroughly unintended consequences. For Mitsos, an unresolved family tragedy awakens again, along with his need to avenge his parents' deaths. With utterly convincing characterizations, Barry Unsworth brings us the underbelly of the forge of Western civilization.

Synopsis:

Kennedy, an opportunist, orchestrates a scam that will have some intended and some thoroughly unintended consequences. For Mitsos, an unresolved family tragedy awakens again, along with his need to avenge his parents' deaths. With utterly convincing characterizations, Barry Unsworth brings us the underbelly of the forge of Western civilization.

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About the Author

Barry Unsworth, who won the Booker Prize for Sacred Hunger, was a Booker Prize finalist for Morality Play and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for The Ruby in Her Navel. He lives in Italy.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780393321487

Author:

Unsworth, Barry

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company

Location:

New York

Subject:

General

Subject:

Greece

Subject:

Psychological fiction

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Series:

Norton Paperback Fiction

Series Volume:

November 2001

Publication Date:

20020231

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

192

Dimensions:

8.24x5.54x.49 in. .38 lbs.

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Product details 192 pages W. W. Norton & Company - 2002-02-00 English 9780393321487 Reviews:

"Review" by , Barry Unsworth is the author of the Booker Prize-winning Sacred Hunger, the Booker-nominated Morality Play, and many other novels.

"Synopsis" by Ingram, When two men disembark from the same boat in Greece, their lives accidentally and frighteningly intersect.

Kennedy, an opportunist, orchestrates a scam that will have some intended and some thoroughly unintended consequences. For Mitsos, an unresolved family tragedy awakens again, along with his need to avenge his parents' deaths. With utterly convincing characterizations, Barry Unsworth brings us the underbelly of the forge of Western civilization.

"Synopsis" by Hold All, Kennedy, an opportunist, orchestrates a scam that will have some intended and some thoroughly unintended consequences. For Mitsos, an unresolved family tragedy awakens again, along with his need to avenge his parents' deaths. With utterly convincing characterizations, Barry Unsworth brings us the underbelly of the forge of Western civilization.