The Messenger of Athens - Anne Zouroudi

by **Adriana** » 21 Sep 2007, 19:07

Is back in stock at the Symi Visitor office :D :D - Kostas kindly delivered our DHL boxes personally. :D :D :D

If you would like us to reserve you a copy, please email us at the Symi Visitor address. :)

by **Adriana** » 24 Sep 2007, 13:14

They are selling rapidly so do remember to preorder if you want to be sure of buying a copy on Symi.

by **Adriana** » 24 Apr 2008, 13:31

Exciting news! It has just been announced today that Anne Zouroudi's book, The Messenger of Athens, is on the long list for the new Desmond Elliot Prize.

For more information on this new book prize aimed at new authors see

Limited copies of Anne's book are available at the Symi Visitor office. If you would like to reserve a copy, please email us on symi-vis@otenet.gr

by **Richard** » 19 Aug 2008, 22:43

I am reading it at the moment. Not the most cheerful book I have ever seen and I can't imagine that any Symiot would be terribly pleased with how they are all portrayed. I am enjoying it, though. It took me a while to see that the map was upside down. Now it makes sense.

by **maziemoo** » 19 Aug 2008, 23:37

Lent to me by the lovely Frances last visit....I enjoyed it

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by **Richard** » 24 Oct 2008, 21:02

"The Taint of Midas", the second of Anne Zouroudi's books about Hermes the Messenger deals with greed. Still five more deadly sins to cover on the Greek islands. Sounds OK to me.

by **Kojak** » 24 Oct 2008, 22:28

I thought we'd covered all the deadly sins over the years lol :twisted:

by **D and E** » 26 Oct 2008, 14:18

We both read this during our recent visit - an excellent first novel

The author does portray a real feeling of place and will wait until our 2009 visit(s) before reading the first sequel.

Another book I read whilst on Symi was �The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo� by Stieg Larsson

who unfortunately died suddenly in 2004 at the age of 50. It is the first of a trilogy with the next book due out in the UK in early 2009 but we think we saw many of the Danes who were at St. Nicholas over the last two weeks avidly reading a book by Larsson.

It is a very dark story indeed

but very well written and translated into English.

by **cazscho1** » 26 Oct 2008, 15:14

I love a good Belinda Jones book on holiday. In Symi this year I read Out of The Blue which is set in Crete.

by **Adriana** » 27 Oct 2008, 08:51

I've just finished The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson. Think Patricia Highsmith meets Henry James.

Very creepy.

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