“…The year’s best novel. The Three Little Men subverts the genre of noir fiction through the finely-woven irony that runs through the book, both as linguistic usage and narrative technique… As far as language is concerned, the irony lies in the tone of the narrator, a tone that manages to mock the story that it tells without resorting to a single sarcastic phrase; the irony lies in the way language is used, the subtle timbre of the narrator’s voice… As to narrative technique, the irony has to do with the subversion of the basic rules of the noir genre. In it, the usual course is from the planning to the execution of the crime, or the discovery of the culprit… in Doxiadis’s book it is exactly the opposite: The crime is either committed, never to be elucidated, or is meticulously planned never to be executed. In both versions, Doxiadis displays total mastery of his craft. He creates, above everything else, a fascinating novel.”

V. Hatzivasiliou – Eleftherotypia