Petros Markaris comes home with his new novel.Mavi Boncuk | The fifth Petros Markaris novel takes place entirely in Istanbul, birthplace of the author. Katerina, the daughter of the beloved Charitos Commissioner, decided to marry her lover, Phan, but in reality the Civil marriage is a gay funeral: nobody is talking about. To calm the nerves of his wife, Adriana, Charitos takes her for a tour in Istanbul. On the agenda: tourism, gastronomy, first contacts with the small community of Rum orthodoxes.But soon hisquiet holiday is over. Maria, a nonagenarian, had poisoned her brother in northern Greece before running off to Istanbul to settle some scores with the past. To avoid a diplomatic incident, Charitos is instructed by his superior to investigate working with a young Turkish colleague Murat Saglam. Maria moves like a ghost and always one step ahead of police. But everything works out, the two officers eventually forge friendly ties. Charitos hurry to return in time for the religious ceremony which Katerina finally consented. (French Edition to be released in October 2010/ Translated from Modern Greek by Caroline Nicolas) Turkuvaz Kitap published a Turkish Edition "Eskiden...Cok Eskiden" with translation by Ilknur Ozdemir.
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