grecofilia by Tony Brown

Published: April 20, 2011

eBook Synopsis

'grecofilia' is the story of a lonely man who drifts into love with a country and thereby finds himself. It is the story of how a quiet library assistant, Godfrey Ash, innocently arrives in Greece for the funeral of his uncle only for him to become entangled in local superstition and antiquity theft. It is the story of those feelings we Grecophiles feel whenever we open the door to Greece. Anti-hero Godfrey arrives on Greek shores in the role of a modern day Odysseus. Appointed by fate, can he (as Odysseus before him) protect the heritage of a desperate people whilst the odds seem against them? With a 'Cruella de Ville'-type ex-partner, a backdrop of blue Aegean sky, a shared secret, ancient relics and help from the goddess Athena this is a story that starts off at a 'siga siga' pace then develops into a warp-speed crescendo as every good Greek drama should. This is a tale that weaves greed, lust, mythology and crime, together with family values, honour, music and a love and an eye for all that is Greek.

Approximate Pages: 312 and Words: 92,900

About the Author

My name is Tony Brown. I live in a small village on the southern most tip of the UK in a 300 year-old cottage with my wife, Sandy and our ginger moggy, Theo. I began writing seriously back in the sixties when, as a member of a local band, I wrote a piece on the Liverpool music scene and submitted it to a local newspaper. Imagine my surprise when I was told it would be published. Our band was called 'The Pikkins' and we toured the US bases in Europe where we made many friends. One invited me to join him in S.California and from there we visited Hawaii. From that moment I knew I would be a wanderer. And to date, although I have visited most of Europe, it is in Greece that I get a special the 'grecofilia' feeling. Grecofilia is simply a word I coined to describe a love for all things Greek. I feel included wherever I go. It is there that people give me things and tell me things, and I have to write them down. Other discoveries I've kept in notebooks, jotters, scraps of paper, memory and postcards and these I send to myself as I amble about the mainland, seas and islands of Greece. If ever spring is delayed I find reading and writing the perfect way to travel.