Dead Europe (Book)

Read the novel before the new art house film adaptation is released! Tony Krawitz’s debut film recently screened at both the Cannes and Sydney Film Festivals. Ewen Leslie stars as the young Greek-Australian photographer, Isaac, with William Zappa as his father Vassily.

Isaac, a photographer in his mid-30s, travels to Greece for an exhibition of his photographs. However, when he gets there, he realises how irrelevant these photos are to contemporary Greece. He begins to question his identity as a Greek man living away from the country of his ancestors. At the same time, he must confront the anti-semitism he encounters both in Europe and in his own family. Parallel to Isaac's story is a narrative set in the Greece of World War II. This long-awaited new novel by the author of Loaded is a bold, harrowing, and confronting read with a lot of gay sex. Also check out the powerful film adaptation of this book, now available on dvd.

Paperback, 450 Pages, Orig. Publ. 2005, This Ed. Publ. 2012