John Doe

John Doe, a leading City lawyer, disappears on a remote Greek island. His son Simon's attempts to trace him uncover his father's hippie past and a trove of dangerous political and business secrets. Reasons for suicide, an escape to a new life or even murder stream from a secret box, but at the bottom lies hope. In his father's 1970s diaries of his travels in Greece and Asia are hints of a passionate love affair. Could the unnamed lover be an Australian woman whose yacht left the island the same day? Simon sets off for Greece to find her, but a Greek tragedy looms. Alongside this story of love lost John Doe satirises hippiedom, politicians, businessmen, priests and lawyers.
 
John Doe, a leading City lawyer, disappears on a remote Greek island. His son Simon's attempts to trace him uncover his father's hippie past and a trove of dangerous political and business secrets. Reasons for suicide, an escape to a new life or even murder stream from a secret box, but at the bottom lies hope. In his father's 1970s diaries of his travels in Greece and Asia are hints of a passionate love affair. Could the unnamed lover be an Australian woman whose yacht left the island the same day? Simon sets off for Greece to find her, but a Greek tragedy looms. Alongside this story of love lost John Doe satirises hippiedom, politicians, businessmen, priests and lawyers.