Z - 50th Anniversary Edition

A progressive parliamentary deputy is scheduled to appear at a political rally. Meanwhile, local political bosses plot his assassination. Thugs are recruited to disrupt the rally. Rumors begin to spread. But the forces already set in motion are irresistible. Z is the story of a crime, a time, a place, and people transformed by events.br>br>Z was published in Greece in 1966, and banned there one year later. It is based on an actual political assassination in 1963 in Salonika. The victim was Gregory Lambrakis, a socialist legislator and outspoken critic of the government. But Lambrakis''s killers could not have anticipated the public response. His funeral became a political event; by the time the cortege reached Athens, 400,000 people were following the coffin in silence. In the nation''s capital, the letter Z suddenly appeared on walls, sidewalks, posters--everywhere. Z stands for the Greek verb zei, "he lives."

About the author

Vassilis Vassilikos; translated by Marilyn Calmann

Product details

• Authors: Marilyn Calmann, Vassilis Vassilikos
• Assisted by: Marilyn Calmann (Translation)
• Publisher: Seven stories press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781609807122
• ISBN: 978-1-60980-712-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 203 mm x 27 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense