The People In Between
OK, I liked the book. It is a primer on the conflict that began in Cyprus in the 1950s. The book covers the historical events through to the Annan Plan and the Greek Cypriot membership in the European Union. That is what what I wanted when I picked up the book, and that is what I got. The fictional story woven around the historical events was too contrived for my tastes. A cute little love story and a father who finally speaks of his past, a family that became united. The father is dying, so before it is too late he speaks out. Cute and sweet, with unexceptional writing, but the history was easy to understand, and that I liked.
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Reading this to better understand the Cypriot conflict.
Started with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_intercommunal_violence
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus
and then these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annan_Plan_for_Cyprus
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_enlargement_of_the_European_Union
