Greece tends to produce these exuberant and extrovert characters, in love with life – think Zorba the Greek – and Miller (no shrinking violet himself) enjoys their company. It seems to drive his writing to new heights. He responds to the passions of the Greeks, and to the Greek landscape, and describes both with accuracy and skill. He refers to 'a fang-like row of houses' along a Greek waterfront, bringing to life the square, white buildings of different heights so typical of a little Greek port.

he describes it perfectly, captures greece perfectly, he puts my thoughts that i find it hard to find the words for into words which in turn is helping me learn to be more descriptive and detailed in stories and my thoughts...learning new ways of communicating..

The soul of Greece circa 1939. Miller captures the spirit and warmth of the resilient Greek people in this tale of a wartime journey from Athens to Crete, Corfu and Delphi with his friend Lawrence Durrell. Miller at his most inspired.