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    The Dead Olives: Tales from the Greek Crisis
    The Dead Olives: Tales from the Greek Crisis
    The Dead Olives: Tales from the Greek Crisis
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    The Dead Olives: Tales from the Greek Crisis

    By Jeremy Hinchliff

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    With Greece caught in the jaws of economic crisis, the lives of its people are spiralling into disarray. Sunday and Samwells Ngone are migrants struggling to survive in a country rife with poverty and patrolled by right-wing militias.


    Filoxénia is trying to carve out an independent life for herself in the city, while her beautiful sister Anássa is keeping dangerous company. Their lives are brought together by events at the FlyKing Hotel.


    A theft. A shooting. And the flight of a group of migrants who all share one name. The intertwined lives of Greeks as disparate as policemen, academics and anarchists will be exposed. As economic and racial tensions flare, old friendships are tested and loyalties broken.


    Ripples from the FlyKing are felt throughout the already turbulent city of Athens and the small village of Páno Pétro.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImpress Books
    Release dateSep 30, 2021
    ISBN9781907605918
    The Dead Olives: Tales from the Greek Crisis

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