Petros Markaris
Greece
There is no better writer on traffic jams anywhere in the world. Markaris, a successful playwright and screenwriter, uses the traffic as a way of portraying the mess that is modern Athens, and offers plenty more on its confused politics and business life. His central character, Inspector Costas Haritos, was a “baddie” under the military dictatorship. He reads dictionaries, jokes about racism and immigration – “There are two things I can’t stand. Racism, and blacks” – and loves stuffed peppers, his wife’s recipe for which appears as an addendum to one novel Photograph: PR
马克瑞斯
希腊
全世界没有别的作家能把交通拥堵写得更好了。马克瑞斯是成功的舞台剧作家和电影剧本作家。他利用雅典的交通拥堵描绘了现代雅典人内心的混乱,而通过描写雅典忙乱的政治和经济生活他告诉给人们的则更多。他的核心人物侦探卡洛斯是希腊军事独裁时代一个不守规矩的家伙,他阅读辞典,开种族主义和移民的玩笑——“我有两件事干脆受不了,就是种族主义和黑人。”这个侦探喜欢吃酿青椒,而他老婆做的酿青椒还出现在一部小说《PR》结尾的补图上