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Das Spiel mit der Angst
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The Game of Fear

Stories
Published by Diogenes as Das Spiel mit der Angst
Original Title: I techni tou tromou

In these stories, Detective Haritos is not the only one battling crime. An old painter who lived through war and hunger has to fight off hostilities and invents a game of fear. And finally, we meet a Greek and a Turk, two competing restaurant owners at daggers drawn. Yet when they happen to sit down at the same table to eat, they discover a few delectable similarities.


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»Remarkably, even though these stories revolve around ruins, loneliness and the forgotten, the focal point is on the good that a society – or a few people – can achieve in this world.«

Lilian Neuman / La Vanguardia, Barcelona

»Based on the best tradition of the crime novel, he consistently reminds us that no future is possible if we don’t fight those who trample on our dignity.«
López
La Razón
Madrid

Ángeles López / La Razón, Madrid

»Like Manuel Vázquez Montalbán and Andrea Camilleri, and, at times, Fred Vargas, Markaris modelled his detective on the Antipodes of the roman noir.«

Fernando R. Lafuente / ABC, Madrid

»Remarkably, even though these stories revolve around ruins, loneliness and the forgotten, the focal point is on the good that a society – or a few people – can achieve in this world.«

Lilian Neuman / La Vanguardia, Barcelona

»Based on the best tradition of the crime novel, he consistently reminds us that no future is possible if we don’t fight those who trample on our dignity.«
López
La Razón
Madrid

Ángeles López / La Razón, Madrid

»Like Manuel Vázquez Montalbán and Andrea Camilleri, and, at times, Fred Vargas, Markaris modelled his detective on the Antipodes of the roman noir.«

Fernando R. Lafuente / ABC, Madrid
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