Sorry, Wrong Country

Sitting across from you on the bus, passing by you in aisle 7, stopping to stare you over in the middle of the night for no reason whatsoever: This is a book about the strangeness in our lives that we let pass us by. Gathered over 8 years' worth of wading through the Greek crisis on Ground Zero, this book is a collection of all-too-true stories, without all the awful, cynical trimmings of real life included.

About the Author

Konstantine Paradias on Points in Case – Writer by choice and a member of the SFWA. He's written for videogames, review blogs, regular blogs and news websites. He's published over 100 stories in English, Japanese, Romanian,German, Dutch and Portuguese and has worked in a freelancing capacity for videogames, screenplays and anthologies. People tell him he's got a writing problem but he can, like, quit whenever he wants, man. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Editorial Reviews

“Paradias follows in the footsteps of Victor Hugo and Chuck Palahniuk as the bard of the poor and the marginalized, sketching his characters with sharp, brutal efficiency.”
-Alex Shvartsman, UFO Publishing

“[An] opportunity to glimpse life inside Greece, a country many of us have never visited—and might never visit. Sorry, Wrong Country…is definitely worth your time.”
-Daulton Dickey, Lost In The Funhouse

“A series of comic vignettes plumbs the cultural condition of contemporary Greece … typically portrayed as a nation of hapless victims or adolescent derelicts…Paradias' tableaux are consistently offbeat and often very funny, even more so if the stories are free of artistic embellishment, as he insists they are. A thoughtful and amusing look at a troubled nation's soul.”
-Kirkus Reviews

“.. if you like your humor shaken, spiked with candor, 96 proof, topped off with afruit loop twist and all served up with a gaudy umbrella, then put your dribblebib on and toss back these shooters.
No hangovers, I promise…you'll only be thirsting for more.”
-Mandy Tyra, Roadie Notes

“The stories range from joyous to heart wrenching and every emotion in between and whoever the reader is, no matter who you are, you are likely to find at least one story that you can take a look and find at least a small piece of yourself in. ”
-Mike Mitchell, Geek Nerdery

“Its insights into the odd characters Konstantine Paradias has met shows an underclass that can't tell that Greece is sinking into destitution, because they're down there already themselves. Highly recommended.”
-Ben Arzate, Cultured Vultures

More Book Details

• Print Length: 205 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 194633507X
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publication Date: April 13, 2017
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
• Language: English
• ASIN: B06ZZJKFWQ