The Greeks Have a Word for It

The Greeks Have a Word for It - Paperback

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The Greeks Have a Word for It - Paperback

The Greeks Have a Word for It - Paperback

by Barry Unsworth
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Book Overview

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.
ISBN9780393321487
Author Barry Unsworth
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2002
LanguageENG- English
Pages194
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Barry Unsworth

Barry Unsworth was born in 1930 and grew up in a mining town in northeast England. Descended from a long line of coal miners, he was the first Unsworth to escape the mines. He attended Manchester University and published his first novel, The Partnership, in 1966. He is the author of seventeen books, including The Ruby in Her Navel, longlisted for the Booker Prize; Pascali's Island and Morality Play, both shortlisted for the Booker; and Sacred Hunger, co-winner of the Booker Prize. He died in 2012 at the age of eighty-one.

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