Looking forward to receiving a copy of Κώστας Καρυωτάκης. Το εγκώμιο της φυγής by Σπύρος Βρεττός. Er, how to translate? How about: Kostas Karyotakis: The Eulogy of Escape by Spyros Vrettos.

I ordered this from the Greek online store Protoporia, along with some Ellroy and Markaris for Panos, and some school books for the kids. (I’m going to try to learn Greek properly this year and hopefully the kids language and grammar books will help.)

Anyway, Vrettos, according to a quick google is a poet himself and his ‘idol’ is the melancholy poet Kostas Karyotakis who committed suicide right here in Preveza. The book focuses on his last days. What fun!