Lost Nights

By Dimitri Mantis

Lost Nights is set in Athens, London, Mykonos, and Zurich in the years 2011 to 2016. The story ends on a long day's night in Istanbul. It is a tale of innocence and betrayal, jealousy and weakness, ambition and trauma. Marina is a youthful American photo-journalist arriving in Greece to cover the dark years of the IMF program. She comes of age amidst violent riots in Athens and human tragedy in migrant crossings in Lesbos. Marina falls for Ares, a seductive, yet married, Athenian. Connects with Paul, an arrogant Frenchman obsessed with her. Goes rogue with Jo, a part-time Greek-Albanian escort girl with a red head scarf and Mykonos as her playground. As lives cross and the plot spirals, other actors come into play: Helena, an art curator with a secret in her past. Christopher, a nasty principal in a major London auction house. Alex, a solitary market trader, and functional alcoholic. Susan, a seasoned television producer. Irene, a cynical young banker in quest for hedonism. Lost Nights explores the fluidity of sexuality and the impossibility of love. It is a novel about desire as a labyrinth where characters find or lose each other - and often themselves. --- Dimitri Mantis has had a prominent career in public affairs and media in Greece. He is currently working as a consultant, based in London. Lost Nights is his first novel in English. It was written for a young Viennese friend who, knowing of his work as a Greek writer, encouraged him to come up with a story in English to read to her whenever they met.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5NXHVG6
• ISBN13: 9798280546776
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 507 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"