The Birthday Party
by Panos Karnezisliterary work· published 2007
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The Birthday Party is a biographical novel by Panos Karnezis first published in 2007. Set on a single day in late summer of 1975, it is about the rise to wealth and fame of Marco Timoleon, a 72-year-old Greek shipping magnate who for that end of August day has arranged a grand party on his private island in the Aegean to celebrate his daughter's 25th birthday. In a series of flashbacks, the omniscient narrator of the novel chronicles the businessman's life from his childhood days in İzmir to his present cosmopolitan existence and status as one of the richest men in the world.
Adaptations (1)
The Birthday Party was adapted into a 2025 film.
The Birthday Party2025 · film · 103 min · dir. Miguel Ángel Jiménez · IMDb ↗IMDb5.2The late 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean: Marcos Timoleon, a tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia on his exclusive private island. The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas.
