Z, 50th Anniversary Edition

by Vassilis Vassilikos

Book Overview

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.

Z was published in Greece in 1966, and banned there one year later. It is based on an actual political assassination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160980712X
• ISBN13: 9781609807122
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

True history, not a comic book

This Historic novel is on the same level as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 'Gulag Archipeligo'. It is not a comic book structured to please our sense of mystery. It is a careful reenactment of what happened in Greece and a careful analysis of the underlying cause. It took courage to write this book. The author was under indictment in Greece and his book was banned for one year. It is a challenge to keep Democracy alive even in the home of it's birth. If you are an intellectual light weight, stay away. The Hulk will appeal more to your taste.

Excellent Book

Good translation from the original Greek. "Z" is about a political assasination in Greece in 1966. Excellent read!