tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post3783261695534099848..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Ashes by Sergios Gakas (MacLehose, 2011)Rob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-16776720339832959452011-12-06T12:34:39.898+00:002011-12-06T12:34:39.898+00:00Excellent review, Rob, I enjoyed this book for the...Excellent review, Rob, I enjoyed this book for the portrait of Greece (traumatic is right, Sarah) and the main character, though I did find some parts incredible. On the whole, though, it is a very good read I think and I look forward to the next (apparently there will be one, will be interesting to see how the author does it). The Greek social comment on the Olympic build up is also covered in Petros Makaris's Che Committed Suicide, a novel I also enjoyed very much (but had a crazy plot resolution!).Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-67041083993890039652011-12-05T16:41:19.145+00:002011-12-05T16:41:19.145+00:00Thanks for the review Rob. I have seen reviews of ...Thanks for the review Rob. I have seen reviews of this book and it sounds good. I live part time in Athens as my husband works there (although I spend most of my time in the UK). Athenians have a very poor view of the police, an opinion I have to concur with given the problems when I have had the misfortune to deal with them.<br /><br />One to read when I am back in the UK full time and can look back and laugh. It sounds too close to home at the moment - I could write my own book on the trauma of Greek institutions.Sarahhttp://crimepieces.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com