I am very gratified to find another five star review for this marvelous book. A friend lent me a copy of "Z" a number of years ago and I've been wondering if another book by Vassilikos would make it over to the United States. Vassilikos is one of Greece's premier authors, alive and writing. Out of the doric temples folks! Greece has a thriving literary scene that I am thrilled to see moving into the U.S market. "The Few Things I Know..." is a stirring and remarkably funny novel. The translation is lucid and often quite poetic. I too recommend this to anyone who is interested in international fiction.

I loved Vassilikos's novel "Z" and I was eager to read this new work. It was everything I hoped for, and more. Although I know far less than I should about the historical background against which Vassilikos is writing, the book was engaging, witty, and ultimately profoundly moving. There is so much material here, and it is so varied and so rich, that by the time you finish you feel as if you have been a fan of the fictional writer Thrassakis all your life. This book comes highly recommended for anyone interested in top international fiction.

There is a beauty in his words unsurpassed even by Beckett himself. The reader is lifted to the stratosphere for pages on end, and then lovingly reeled back in by the author's kite-strings. Again up, and again down. Meant to be read softly outloud with someone you love.

Good translation from the original Greek. "Z" is about a political assasination in Greece in 1966. Excellent read!