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Swimming to Ithaca

Swimming to Ithaca

Author(s): Simon Mawer

Location(s): Cyprus

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1950s onward

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After his mother’s death, Thomas finds a few clues about his mother’s time as a `military wife’ in 1950’s Cyprus and investigates, making certain assumptions based on his vague childhood memories

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‘A John le Carré-like world of terrorism, spies, uncontrollable sexual passions, blackmail and political murder. A gripping read’

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