A large novel in the line of the most authentic tradition of the genre, where the intrigue of the plot competes with the interest of social and individual psychological observation.
The dramatic conflicts within a group of people, where self-interest eliminates any sense of altruism, exaggerating to the fullest the morbid passions.
The central hero, the writer and lawyer Manos Tasakos, the dynamic conqueror, morally indifferent, the harsh experimenter of human passion, but also the intelligent, the genius, the sensitive and shockingly human, will remain in our literature as a vivid type, one of those forms that continue their autonomous and self-sufficient life outside the pages where their creator first inscribed them.
“Any of my novels,” Karagatsis said, “I can narrate to you in quite some detail within half an hour. But the 'Yellow Envelope' is impossible for me to narrate! Not because there is no plot. On the contrary, the diverse events are intertwined with such a thoroughly unbiased coherence, that any one of the countless details I might forget renders my narration incomprehensible. The 'Yellow Envelope' is a novel that must be read, not a tale that can be told.”
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
