The Greeks have a Word for It

London: Hutchinson, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd 1967). First UK Edition. Publisher's green boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Pale ochre-green end-papers. Spine tips pushed and minor fading in places to the bottom edge. Overall VG indeed (with no former owner's inscriptions and with a Johannesburg bookseller's ticket to the rear paste-down.). The laminate-style VG dustwrapper is price-clipped to the front flap and creased to the head of the spine and with a tiny tear to the tail of the spine which is also very slightly rubbed. Uncommon. "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" (GoodReads). It is the second novel by Booker Prize- winning author Barry Unsworth. It has been praised for its 'utterly convincing characterisations set in Athens in the aftermath of the Greek Civil War and draws on the author's own experiences teaching English as a foreign language satirising many members of the British Council in Athens. Photographs/scans available upon request.