Seán Damer Author

About the Author

Dr. Sean Damer was an academic sociologist for over 30 years, and latterly a Senior Research Fellow in the University of Glasgow. He has published numerous academic non-fiction books, best known for the definitive book on Glasgow Social Housing, Scheming. His first novel Those Tyrannisng Landlords was published by Ringwood. in 2022 and received great critical praise. A fluent Greek speaker, he has travelled to Crete regularly since 1975, living in remote villages to study local communities, including the island's shepherds and British expatriates.
His deep knowledge of the region's history and culture is evident in this richly detailed n