"In much the way John Steinbeck laid open the migrant worker culture of mid-century California, Ikonomou exposes us to the realities of Greek poverty, the bitter taste of politics, and the generational divide. These stories are pitch-perfect, with sullen anger, wit, sharp humor, and tragicomedy captured in sharply crafted scenes that linger in the memory."--Los Angeles Review of Books for Something Will Happen, You'll See (Archipelago Books, 2016) 

"A gripping collection of short stories... In Ikonomou's concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians' slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening presence offstage. Yet even at the edge of destitution, his men and women act for themselves, trying to preserve what little solidarity remains in a deeply atomized society, and in one way or another finding their own voice. There is faith here, deep faith--though little or none in those who habitually ask for it."--Mark Mazower, The Nation

"Something Will Happen is a heart-breaking and essential portrait of Greece's modern despair, and while there are hopeful moments scattered throughout, the ones that ring truest are apocalyptic."--The Paris Review

"The seamlessness with which the past breaches the surface of the present is astounding. Reading this book makes you read into yourself."--Zyzzyva

"Ikonomou's Something Will Happen, You'll See depicts many lives, of all ages, that have been blighted by financial hardship. The book stands with Rafael Chirbes's On the Edge as one of the remarkable literary interpretations of the recent global downturn."--Christopher Byrd, Barnes and Noble Review