The Alexandria Clock
Andrew Larcos
Type: Beta project
Genre: Historical fiction, literary
Word count: 128,000
From 1928 cosmopolitan Alexandria to the turmoil of Cyprus in the 1950s and 1974, this literary historical novel traces three generations of one family shaped by political unrest, displacement, and a forbidden love caught in the violence of the era. Decades later in Sydney, the long emotional and historical legacy of these events resurfaces in a moving final reckoning. Please note: this book is over 120,000 words, so you will have three weeks to complete it, and the bonus will be £15.
Spanning nearly a century, The Alexandria Clock follows three generations of a Greek Cypriot family shaped by the shifting tides of Eastern Mediterranean history. The story begins in 1928 Alexandria, where European cosmopolitan life masks the early tremors of political change. By the 1950s in Cyprus, the family faces rising tensions, competing nationalisms, and the fragile hopes of a new era. In 1974, the island is torn apart, forcing them to confront loss, displacement, and the shattering of long‑held certainties.
Amid these upheavals, a forbidden inter‑communal love story unfolds, revealing the human cost of violence and division. Decades later in Sydney, the emotional and historical echoes of these events resurface, leading toward understanding, reconciliation, and acceptance. This is a literary historical novel about how political forces upend ordinary lives, and how memory, identity, and the bonds of family endure across time.
Andrew Larcos is an Australian Cypriot writer with a long professional career in public administration, governance, and international multilateral institutions, including roles with the United Nations. He has lived and worked in Madrid, Vienna, and Montreal, experiences that inform his interest in history, politics, identity, and cross-cultural narratives. Now based in Sydney, he writes literary historical fiction exploring the human impact of political events. The Alexandria Clock is his debut novel, drawing on decades of engagement with Mediterranean cultures and cross-cultural stories.
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