Iosif Kampanakis, former Criminal Intelligence Analyst of the Hellenic Police, discusses detective novels, organized crime, and espionage with author Andreas Apostolidis, prompted by his research, documentaries, and his most recent books, “Duel on Iera Odos” and “Small Spy Stories.”
Andreas Apostolidis is an author, director, and translator. He has published fourteen novels and short story collections, including “The Ghost of the Metro,” “Lobotomy,” “Voodoo,” “A Coffin for Sofia,” etc. He has translated more than eighty novels (D. Hammett, R. Chandler, J. Ellroy, P. Highsmith, V. Nabokov, etc.).
He has written the studies “Antiquities Smuggling and Trade,” “The Many Faces of the Detective Novel,” “The World of Giannis Maris,” “The Black Square.”
Among his documentaries are “Twice a Stranger,” “The Circuit,” “War and Peace in the Balkans,” “A Place Without People,” and most recently “Latin Noir” (Greek Film Academy Award 2022).
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