[TREND] What is your favourite book about (Northern) Cyprus?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:12

What is your favourite book about (Northern) Cyprus? Mine is: "L'art gothique et la Renaissance en Chypre" (Camille Enlart).

racoonchic



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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:14

I'm sorry dutch but I'm finding your trend posts a little boring now

PaulW



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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:18

"Bitter Lemons" by Lawrence Durrell.



Paul

racoonchic



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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:20

never mind the bollocks Sidney vicious

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:20

Racoonchic, if you don't have a book I'll be pleased to lend you one.

P.S. You know what they say on this board: if you don't like the subject or the author - don't open the post. You may have a book but you certainly don't like this author - don't open the post.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:28

Mine has to be Bitter Lemons and Death of a Friendship x

racoonchic



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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:29

nothing against the author at all . but you know what they say on this board: Ps i do have one book and there's a quote that says love thy neighbour ..................just don't get caught lol

Blackbird



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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 21:51

Driving over Melons by Chris Stewart the original drummer in Genesis. The Flying Carpetbagger by Captain Eisenhower.

Cyberwar


Joined: 05/03/2010
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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 22:05

The Cyprus Tapes by David(Carter) Matthews and if one is allowed a second favourite The enchanted land by Noel Kennedy Thomas

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 22:10

found driving over melons a little pretentious , but as most members of genesis were public school not surprised...



bitter lemons a must read .......

Blackbird



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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 22:25

Re message 10 - I never thought of 'Driving over Melons' as pretentious - I really enjoyed the fact that they had actually moved there...

poochops


Joined: 09/03/2008
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Message Posted:
18/10/2010 22:37

The Cypriot by Andreas Koumi is a good read for beside the pool, Bitter Lemons of course is a beautifully written novel that seems to put you right into the 50 s landscape.

shrimp


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Message Posted:
19/10/2010 00:13

The cyprus conspiracy

Lilli



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Message Posted:
19/10/2010 00:16

I think its called the turquoise conspiracy. I had a signed copy which i gave to my son in law x

shrimp


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Message Posted:
19/10/2010 00:53

Oh strange, mine is definately called the Cyprus conspiracy, Brendon o'malley......maybe two different books??

Lilli



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Message Posted:
19/10/2010 01:15

i may have got it wrong sorry who was it written by xxxxxxx

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
19/10/2010 01:39

Book on wild flowers of Cyprus, not strictly to the question. Bought on the small market at Carpenters one day.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
19/10/2010 09:17

RE msg 14, Lilli: (...) I think its called the turquoise conspiracy. (...)

=> That's the right title of your book: "The Turquoise Conspiracy". The book is about the (business) life of Asil Nadir in (North) Cyprus and the UK (including the "Polly Peck" affair). More or less a defensive apology. It was written by (or heavily edited by) Gill Fraser, the editor of the bi-weekly newspaper "Cyprus Today" (owner: Asil Nadir) in TRNC. Very interesting reading.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 09:33

Everything is about Cyprus: Hasan Ercakica

Two equal and sovereign peoples: Ahmet C. Gazioglu

Cyprus, a few facts and the rule of law: Ahmet C. Gazioglu

Past masters of illegality: Ahmet C. Gazioglu and Micheal Moran