Friday, February 16/2018

Maggi stops in for tea and to lend us a copy of Payback, a novel about the kidnap of a banker in revenge for the levy imposed on Cypriot bank accounts during the 2013 financial crisis. The novel was written jointly by five people from a creative writing class under the nom de plume of Alex Xenon and is set in and around Larnaca, and as Maggi says that in itself is intriguing. We know the landmarks, drink coffee near the scene of the crime, lived kitty corner to the police station - which makes it fun. We were also here at the time of the crisis, when the banks remained closed for an unprecedented twelve days as the country held its breath.