[In Greek Fire,] Mr. Graham's interests lie in the spheres of political action and high-powered corruption, his characters, in spite of their private ambition and sophisticated veneer, being continually absorbed in public events. Money and sex, which play a large part in their lives, remain nevertheless marginal interests compared to the overriding fascinations of power in its many forms….

[Greek Fire] delves deeply into local Greek politics, sometimes brilliantly illuminating issues, sometimes merely obscuring. The plot involves the murder of a visiting Spanish cabaret artist by a smooth and cultivated politician wishing to remove evidence of Communist affiliations that are in the Spaniard's possession. An American of Greek descent interests himself in the consequences, gets caught up in the political implications of the murder, and falls in love with the politician's beautiful mistress. Mr. Graham takes his characters through much of Greece, and by means of dinner party...