Zahos Hadjifotiou is a Greek best-selling author who met success from his first book. He has written dozens of books, many of them translated into foreign languages. All his books are best sellers. The Middle East Affairs recounts Zahos' adventures in legendary events of WWII (siege of Tobruk, battles of El Alamein and Rimini), with all its tragedy and specific details, exactly as they were experienced by the writer. All stories are true and based on the author’s experiences, not based on descriptions as are used by many war historian authors. At the same time, it is a vivid depiction of the cosmopolitan and aristocratic urban environments of Alexandria, Cairo, and Beirut during those turbulent years when death was highly probable and people tried to enjoy life to the fullest. Zahos Hadjifotiou is a remarkable and fearless individual who lived life to the fullest, fighting in battles as fiercely as he loved, partied, and enjoyed life.   His adventures narrated in this book began in 1941 when 17-year-old Zahos decided to leave occupied Greece in order to fight the Germans in the Middle East. He joined the British Army and helped defend Tobruk against the Axis forces led by the legendary General Rommel during its eight-month siege.   Having survived Tobruk, he spent a short amount of time in the cosmopolitan cities of Alexandria and Cairo, where he frequented the trendiest nightclubs and restaurants. He recounts his intense love affair with a gorgeous singer named Yuki, an affair that ended abruptly due to a misunderstanding concerning his military obligations that resulted in his arrest.   Following his detention, he was transported to Palestine where he was set free. Meanwhile, Tobruk had fallen to Rommel; the Germans were advancing swiftly.  Zahos spent the next ten months in the desert, starting with the decisive battle of El Alamein, and then marching a deliberation trek in the desert toward El Aghelia, near the border of Tunisia. The end of this journey found him in Beirut, Lebanon, which at the time was under the French mandate. There, he became a distinguished member of a notorious five gentlemen “rat pack.” As the prospect of death in war was highly probable, the rat pack lived life to the fullest and engaged in a period of debauchery. Zahos ended up seducing Simone, the daughter of the all-powerful French governor of Syria and Lebanon, who caught them in the act. They finally got married despite her parents’ justified objections (as for his part, the reason for the marriage was more of a flattered vanity rather than love). Quickly bored with the domestic life, Zahos escaped Simone and Lebanon at the first opportunity presented, which was the departure of his unit for Italy.   Zahos spend eight months in Italy, mostly marching and fighting against the Germans (including the decisive battle of Rimini). After the German defeat, and as the trust between the Greek Army and the Italian people was gradually restored (at this time, the Italians had come to think of the Greek Army as its liberators from the Germans), he engaged again in an intense love affair with a signorina of astounding beauty, Gabriella. A series of colorful adventures, equally, were shared among military duty and dolce vita, followed.   Zahos, finally, returned to Athens, Greece, with his unit in December 1944; he was tired after fighting abroad for such a long time. He had spent four years at war and always at the front. He received multiple decorations and medals for his courage on the battlefield. In 1946, he concluded his military service.   After settling down in Athens and resuming his usual habits of working, partying, and establishing a new “rat pack,” he was eventually located by his French wife, Simone, who moved in with him. As he and his friends were figuring out how to get rid of Simone, he finally encountered his love, Yuki, singing at a fashionable nightclub. The book ended with Zahos fleeing with Yuki to Italy where they spent the summer.

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