FIAT LUX STUDIOS PRESENTS
A NOVEL BY
GEORGE ZOUVELOS
The Last Tailor is a tragically hilarious, tragicomedy, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story about Peter Lardas, a Greek-American son of New York City, trying to become worthy of the people he has loved and failed.
It is an elegy for Astoria, an Astoria chronicle, gathering its people, places, trades, and traditions into a living remembrance. Torn between the life he imagines and the work that asks something real of him, Peter must decide what to carry forward and what to let go.
Within these pages, George Zouvelos, born in Manhattan and raised in Astoria, weaves memory, fate, family, meraki, philotimo, laughter, loss, and survival into a modern-day Homeric odyssey of the Greek diaspora, driven by Peter’s determination to keep moving forward toward his own nostos, a homecoming he never knew he deserved and never imagined was waiting for him.
Author: George Zouvelos Publisher: Fiat Lux Studios® Publishing First Edition: 2026 Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9982577-0-4 Hardcover ISBN: 979-8-9982577-1-1 Digital/eBook ISBN: 979-8-9982577-2-8 Copyright: © 2026 George Zouvelos. All Rights Reserved. Author’s quotation: “Gold Is Only a Human Standard of Measuring Value on Earth.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND FILMMAKER
George Zouvelos is an American writer, filmmaker, actor, narrator, author, producer, and composer. Born in Manhattan and raised in Astoria, Queens, his creative work draws from decades of personal and professional experiences on the streets of New York City, along with the traditions, faith, history, humor, and cultural inheritance of the Greek-American diaspora.
His background includes service in emergency medical services and public safety, providing firsthand experience with the human struggles, tragedies, conflicts, and extraordinary personalities that inform his storytelling. A SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association performer, Zouvelos brings his creative vision to literature, theater, and motion pictures, combining character-driven realism with psychological complexity, humor, tragedy, and explorations of morality and human resilience.
His work includes the feature motion picture Once a Week for Life® and the novel The Last Tailor: Astoria, New York City, Diaspora, Memory & What Remains.
Through Fiat Lux Studios and Fiat Lux Studios® Publishing, he develops and produces original literary, cinematic, and musical works.
Official Website: https://www.GeorgeZouvelos.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/GeorgeZouvelos
Publisher: Fiat Lux Studios® Publishing New York City, USA