Lefkas man hammond innes biography
Lefkas man hammond innes biography
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Levkas Man
1971 novel by Hammond Innes
Levkas Man is a thriller novel by British author Hammond Innes published in 1971. It tells the story of a doctor who goes to the Greek island of Lefkada (Levkas) with his adopted son to prove a theory about prehistoric man.[2]
Plot
The story takes place against the background of the early 1970s, with the Cold War at its peak and the Middle East smouldering with political conflict, and is told by the protagonist, Paul van der Voort.
He is a 28-year-old sailor and is just back from a long journey, when he gets involved in a fight at the port area of Amsterdam.
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He needs to flee after murdering a man and goes back to his childhood home in the city of Amsterdam. His childhood has not been a happy one and the relationship between father and son was full of strain, arguments, abuse and conflict.
His father (unbeknownst to him at first) is a famous archaeologist, Dr Pieter van der Voort, who is trying to prove his theory that the