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Lakis Fourouklas (Greek: Λάκης Φουρουκλάς) was born in Zimbabwe to Cypriot parents. He has lived in Cyprus, Greece and Thailand.
His short stories, written in Greek, have appeared in various literature e-magazines, as well as in the Greek literary journals "Na ena milo" and "Rogmes" as well as "Exaggelos" of Cyprus.

He has published the short story collections "Aionia Agapimeni" (Eternal Beloved) and "Galani and Lefkios" and the novel "To lathos pathos" (The Wrong Passion) in Cyprus.

In Greece he has published the novels "Mira, to louloudi tou polemou" (Mira, the war flower), "Oi gynaikes tis sygnomis" (The women of forgiveness), and "Angeliki: To imerologio mias pornis" (Angeliki: the diary of a prostitute).

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	Οι γυναίκες της συγνώμης by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Αγγελική: Το ημερολόγιο μιας πόρνης by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Το Στιλέτο by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Μαλάικα by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Μίρα, το λουλούδι του πολέμου by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Γαλανή και Λεύκιος by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Όλα αυτά που χάσαμε by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Πού πήγε το Πι; by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ο άγιος Πότης by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Το λάθος πάθος by Lakis Fourouklas (Goodreads Author), Λάκης Φουρουκλάς 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Eat the World: A Collection of Poems by Marina Diamandis

It has been a few years since I last wrote a book review so perhaps I am a little bit rusty but here it goes.

To begin with let me say that I first came to know Marina Diamandis as a poet rather than a very successful singer/songwriter. I've slowly started getting to know her music after reading this collection. Some of the poems here came as a point blank shot to my heart, others brought back

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message 3: by Colette

Jan 12, 2012 09:34AM

Lakis, where are you? I was expecting a connect with you? Are you too busy reading?
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message 2: by Lakis

Jan 10, 2012 03:02AM

Hello, my friend, so nice to meet you here. Yes, i did get your message, but the problem is that i'm running like crazy these days. Tomorrow i'll be flying to Thailand where i'm supposed to stay for a year. I will write to you from there. Take care, Lakis

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Lakis, Did you get my mail? Colette

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