Petros Markaris: Playing with fear In these stories, it is not only Inspector Charitos who fights against crime. Even an old painter, who has already experienced war and hunger, defends himself against the latest feints of fate and invents a game with fear. And finally, there is a Greek and a Turk, two restaurant owners and competitors who wish every evil on each other. But when they happen to eat at a table, they discover delicious similarities. Biography (Petros Markaris) Petros Markaris, born in Istanbul in 1937, studied economics before he began writing. He is a playwright, creator of a popular Greek television series, translator of Brecht and many other German playwrights, and co-author with filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos. Petros Markaris lives in Athens. New product