It is a screen to hide his mind's nakedness. If he is afraid, then he must be feared if he desires, then he must be desired. He wears it like a devil mask a device to evoke in others the emotions complementary to his own. It is a statement of his habitual emotional attitude the attitude which his desires need for fulfilment and which his fears demand for their protection of prying eyes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.“A man's features, the bone structure and the tissue which covers it, are the product of a biological process but his face he creates for himself. In entering Dimitrios' criminal underworld, he realizes that his own life may be on the line. Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps to gather material for a new book. 'Not Le Carre, not Deighton, not Ludlum have surpassed the intelligence, authenticity or engrossing storytelling that established The Mask of Dimitrios as the best of its kind' The Times English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbul when he makes the acquaintance of police inspector Colonel Haki, from whom he hears of Dimitrios - a criminal. And, in entering Dimitrios' criminal underworld, Latimer realizes that his own life may be on the line. But, as he gradually discovers more about his subject's shadowy history, fascination tips over into obsession. Fascinated by the story, Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps across Europe to gather material for a new book.
It is from him that he first hears of the mysterious Dimitrios - an infamous master criminal, long wanted by the law, whose body has just been fished out of the Bosphorus. still fresh as new' Guardian English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbul when he makes the acquaintance of Turkish police inspector Colonel Haki.
With a new Introduction by Mark Mazower 'A gripping thriller.
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