The nightingale won't let you sleep.
The nightingale won't let you sleep.
Alternate Title
:
Nightingale will not let you sleep
By
:
Heighton, Steven, 1961-
Publication Date
:
2017
Subject Term
:
Veterans -- Fiction.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Summary
:
Elias Trifannis is desperate to belong somewhere. To make his dying ex-cop father happy, he joins the military--but in Afghanistan, by the time he realizes his last-minute bid for connection was a terrible mistake, it’s too late and a tragedy has occurred. In the aftermath, exhausted by nightmares, Elias is sent to Cyprus to recover, where he attempts to find comfort in the arms of EylÞul, a beautiful Turkish journalist. But the lovers’ reprieve ends in a moment of shocking brutality that drives Elias into Varosha, once a popular Greek-Cypriot resort town, abandoned since the Turkish invasion of 1974. Hidden in the lush, overgrown ruins is a community of exiles and refugees living resourcefully but comfortably. Thanks to the cheerfully corrupt Colonel Kaya, who turns a blind eye, they live under the radar of the Turkish authorities. As he begins to heal, Elias finds himself drawn to the enigmatic and secretive Kaiti while he learns at last to 'simply belong.' But just when it seems he has found sanctuary, events he himself set in motion have already begun to endanger it.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780735232563
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Clarenville (BCE) | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC HEI | Checked In |
Grand Falls-Windsor (CGF) Harmsworth | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC HEI | Back Room |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT FIC SC - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction Softcover - Basement | FIC HEI | Checked In |