
Turtle Hawks
Ian Douglas Robertson(Author)
AuthorHouse (Publisher)
Published on 17. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
356 pages
978-1-4567-3197-7 (ISBN)
Description
Pericles (Peri) Pontakis, investigative journalist and host of the controversial TV show Under World, is fighting a losing battle against corruption in the upper échelons of Greek society. He has little to show for a life's committment to social justice, except a ruined marriage, two alienated children, a mountain of debt, and a multitude of powerful and dangerous enemies. Among his many admirers and acquaintances, his only true friends are Jack, his feisty cat, and the down-and-out journalist, Christos, to whom he lets the apartment below. When his life starts collapsing around him, he decides to change tack and make a documentary about the threatened Loggerhead turtle, in the hope that this 'undemanding' project will enable him to save not only the turtle but his own soul. However, the path to salvation is strewn with unforeseen obstacles, some of which prove not altogether unpleasant.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4567-3197-7 (9781456731977)
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IAN DOUGLAS ROBERTSON is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Lancaster. He lives and works in Greece as a teacher of English, translator, actor, and writer. He has authored and co-authored a number of books including novels, short stories and poems. He has written three books with his wife Katerina; Larger Than Life (Karnac, 2017), Before You Let the Sun in (Sphinx, 2018) and The Absent Father (Trigger, 2021) Before You Let the Sun in was first published in Greek by Nefeli in 2014.