Books by Petros Markaris
“So on this imaginary trip to Greece, if you have young children and you’re mainly on the beach, this is the book to read. You can read a chapter at a time, a page at a time, put it down and pick it up. It’s your classic whodunnit detective story. The protagonist is a detective who is normally investigating a series of murders. His job is to figure out who’s doing it and uncover the context. Nearly every time, it’s something to do with modern Greek society, with its neoliberal elements, that’s uncovered in the process of trying to solve the crimes.” Read more...
The best books on Modern Greek History
Yanni Kotsonis, Historian
“Really the main character of Markaris’s novel is Athens, the city itself. It’s the city liberated from its myths” Read more...
Christos Chomenidis, Novelist
Interviews where books by Petros Markaris were recommended
Books on the Real Greece, recommended by Christos Chomenidis
Greek myths are not all classical tales of heroes and tempestuous gods. Here, the novelist Christos Chomenidis chooses five books that get to the heart of what it really means to hail from Greece, and why it’s hard to live in the wake of the Ancients.
The best books on Modern Greek History, recommended by Yanni Kotsonis
If you’re heading to Greece this summer, it might be worth learning more about the modern history of the country you’re visiting. Yanni Kotsonis, a professor of history at NYU and author of The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism, recommends a variety of books to get you started, from a short history of Greece to a novel by one of the country’s greatest writers.
