Product Description
Originally published in paper as Home from the Party.
From the Back Cover:
When a key player and high roller in a game of sinister political deals is murdered, Athens sends out Captain Kosta Konstantinou, a Canadian-educated idealist, to investigate. But nothing could have prepared him for the island of Nostos. What he finds among the artists, celebrities, pushers and gigolos is a tangle of connections—with the former dictatorship, with the CIA and with each other. This is a vivid evocation of Greece after the fall of the Colonels, of the struggle of Papandreou’s followers to assume power, and of foreign bohemians in an island paradise. Through parties and police files, truth serum and séances, Kosta stalks his killer—in the growing knowledge that he must succeed if he is to save the new order, and himself.
“In Home from the Party MacLean has created a fast-paced, witty novel that pushes the murder mystery in exciting new directions.”—Keith Maillard
“This is a most entertaining and satirical tale in which black humour and farce are brought together with real acuity.”—Reference West (Vancouver)
“Considering the price and scarcity of potable water on an island suspiciously like Hydra, the discovery of a beautiful teenage corpse floating in a cistern is no laughing matter. But almost everything else is lively and fun in this mystery of political intrigue and sexual abundance in the Argosaronic.”—The Athenian
“Home from the Party is a slow-fused but explosive thriller set on an imaginary Greek island, presented in all its artsy glamour and glittering corruption….if you like epigrams, knowing insights into failed relationships, evocations of la dolce vita, Hydra-style, this is for you. MacLean…has published a previous novel, Foreign Matter, with Atheneum Press, New York. Although Foreign Matter was very well received, Home from the Party suggests that MacLean would be well-advised to undertake a series of mystery novels, using ‘Captain Costa’ and the Greek setting he evokes here with such skill and obvious joy.”—Edward Winston
“Featuring his usual comic touches, the book manages to skillfully intertwine a murder, a Greek investigator, showbiz celebrities, drug dealers, artists, gigolos, the CIA and the junta, in a fast-paced, entertaining web of entangled connections.”—Angelika Timms, Athens Week
“MacLean is able to develop an interesting combination of characters in his novel. Each character is displayed with his/her own unique style and Konstantinou’s adventures are different and very funny.”—Rosanne Papadopoulos, Greek News Weekly
“Home from the Party is a fast-paced murder mystery laced with humor.”—The Athens News
“The roller-coaster ride begins!”—Chris Maverick, Greek News Weekly
Ebook design by 52 Novels
Cover by Multi X Medi
From the Back Cover:
When a key player and high roller in a game of sinister political deals is murdered, Athens sends out Captain Kosta Konstantinou, a Canadian-educated idealist, to investigate. But nothing could have prepared him for the island of Nostos. What he finds among the artists, celebrities, pushers and gigolos is a tangle of connections—with the former dictatorship, with the CIA and with each other. This is a vivid evocation of Greece after the fall of the Colonels, of the struggle of Papandreou’s followers to assume power, and of foreign bohemians in an island paradise. Through parties and police files, truth serum and séances, Kosta stalks his killer—in the growing knowledge that he must succeed if he is to save the new order, and himself.
“In Home from the Party MacLean has created a fast-paced, witty novel that pushes the murder mystery in exciting new directions.”—Keith Maillard
“This is a most entertaining and satirical tale in which black humour and farce are brought together with real acuity.”—Reference West (Vancouver)
“Considering the price and scarcity of potable water on an island suspiciously like Hydra, the discovery of a beautiful teenage corpse floating in a cistern is no laughing matter. But almost everything else is lively and fun in this mystery of political intrigue and sexual abundance in the Argosaronic.”—The Athenian
“Home from the Party is a slow-fused but explosive thriller set on an imaginary Greek island, presented in all its artsy glamour and glittering corruption….if you like epigrams, knowing insights into failed relationships, evocations of la dolce vita, Hydra-style, this is for you. MacLean…has published a previous novel, Foreign Matter, with Atheneum Press, New York. Although Foreign Matter was very well received, Home from the Party suggests that MacLean would be well-advised to undertake a series of mystery novels, using ‘Captain Costa’ and the Greek setting he evokes here with such skill and obvious joy.”—Edward Winston
“Featuring his usual comic touches, the book manages to skillfully intertwine a murder, a Greek investigator, showbiz celebrities, drug dealers, artists, gigolos, the CIA and the junta, in a fast-paced, entertaining web of entangled connections.”—Angelika Timms, Athens Week
“MacLean is able to develop an interesting combination of characters in his novel. Each character is displayed with his/her own unique style and Konstantinou’s adventures are different and very funny.”—Rosanne Papadopoulos, Greek News Weekly
“Home from the Party is a fast-paced murder mystery laced with humor.”—The Athens News
“The roller-coaster ride begins!”—Chris Maverick, Greek News Weekly
Ebook design by 52 Novels
Cover by Multi X Medi
