Z, 50th Anniversary EditionA progressive parliamentary deputy is scheduled to appear at a political rally. Meanwhile, local political bosses plot his assassination. Thugs are recruited to disrupt the rally. Rumors begin to spread. But the forces already set in motion are irresistible. Z is the story of a crime, a time, a place, and people transformed by events. Z was published in Greece in 1966, and banned there one year later. It is based on an actual political assassination in 1963 in Salonika. The victim was Gregory Lambrakis, a socialist legislator and outspoken critic of the government. But Lambrakis's killers could not have anticipated the public response. His funeral became a political event; by the time the cortege reached Athens, 400,000 people were following the coffin in silence. In the nation's capital, the letter Z suddenly appeared on walls, sidewalks, posters--everywhere. Z stands for the Greek verb zei, "he lives." |
Contents
Chapter 7 | |
Chapter 9 | |
Chapter 32 | |
Chapter 33 | |
Chapter 34 | |
Chapter 35 | |
Chapter 36 | |
Chapter 38 | |
Chapter 39 | |
Chapter 40 | |
Chapter 10 | |
Chapter 11 | |
Chapter 12 | |
Chapter 13 | |
Chapter 14 | |
Chapter 15 | |
Chapter 16 | |
Chapter 17 | |
Chapter 18 | |
Chapter 19 | |
Chapter 20 | |
Chapter 21 | |
Chapter 22 | |
Chapter 23 | |
Chapter 24 | |
Chapter 25 | |
Chapter 26 | |
Chapter 27 | |
Chapter 28 | |
Chapter 29 | |
Chapter 30 | |
Chapter 31 | |
Chapter 41 | |
A Train Whistles in the Night | |
After the Earthquake | |
Chapter 1 | |
Chapter 4 | |
Chapter 5 | |
Chapter 6 | |
Chapter 7 | |
Chapter 10 | |
Chapter 11 | |
Chapter 12 | |
Apologias | |
Chapter 1 | |
Chapter 3 | |
Chapter 4 | |
One Year Later | |
Chapter 1 | |
Chapter 4 | |
Chapter 5 | |
Chapter 6 | |
Chapter 7 | |
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