24 May 2013
These short stories, which are about Greece, are written in a style that reminds me of Louis de Bernières or Andrew Nicoll — laden with a sort of beguiling innocence. There’s a sweet one about two Greek brothers; they are twins, and run a restaurant. But they have slightly different ideas, and split it in half. In another story, a talking parrot reveals the secret of a love-struck priest. In one I really liked, a mother and a daughter run a bakery, and it’s the mother’s frustration that enables her to make such good bread. A single moment in the daughter’s life makes you think the bread will be good for years to come.
