The Fatal Englishman Quotes

“Under the treaty of Sevres in 1920 Greece had been given Smyrna, and by 1922 the Greek army was trying to push its way up the Aegean coast. The Turks, however, had found a leader in Mustafa Kemal (Kemal Atatürk) with no regard for treaties and a committed hatred of the Greeks. He drove their army back into Smyrna, and then did what any Turkish leader would have done: massacred them.”
― Sebastian Faulks, The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives

“Alcohol provokes stupidity; opium provokes wisdom.”
― Sebastian Faulks, The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives

“It was more wonderful than making love with a negro boxer on Mr Singer’s billiard table.”
― Sebastian Faulks, The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives

“The Turks moved in the next day and killed everyone in sight, including the staff of the nursing home.”
― Sebastian Faulks, The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives