The Anatolian Waiter — Michael Wood

A compelling philosophical thriller, an exploration of the human condition following in the footsteps of Malraux and Sartre; unflinching, adult and honest, at the same time funny, sad and sensual, all the while looking for the elusive stars in a cloudy sky... Grace Hassanpour and Linda Camomile form the focus of a diverse group of Generation-X secret government employees, brought together by unfortunate circumstances, personal uncertainties and reconstructed realities. Teetering on the critical fringes of mid-life, they find themselves plunged into the harsh front-line realities of a war that begins to make less and less sense. As their pasts pursue them into an uncertain future of dystopian potential, for some with lethal consequences, the survivors are left to re-evaluate the ultimate purpose of their life?s work, so far, it seems, a tragi-comedy of misinformed commitment and manipulated principles. Frank, dark and uncompromising, it is bound to discomfort many people at a time of profound crisis occluded by anodyne orthodoxy. Unconventional, idiosyncratic, confrontational and contentious, everything ever taught or told will be challenged. The hypocrisy of the misappropriation of language, history and truth is disclosed, and a re-examination of ideologies obliged...