sense that his characters never "think", they only "act": there are no inner monologues. Kondor mixes fictional characters with persons from real life, including Leó Vécsey (journalist), Kornél Tábori (journalist), Tibor Ferenczy (police commissioner), Péter Hain (detective), Tibor Wayand (detective), István Bárczy (chief of staff), and Vilmos Tarján (journalist). He thoroughly researches people and events in order to invoke the atmosphere of Hungary, and especially Budapest, in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Foreign Editions The core five novels of the series were published in Finnish by Tammi. So far, Budapest Noir has been published in English, in German, in Italian, in French, in Polish, in Dutch, in Russian, in Estonian, in Bulgarian, in Greek, in Czech and in Slovenian. References External links The official website of Budapest Noir János Pelle's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian on hvg.hu Péter I. Rácz's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian in ÉS Krisztina Horeczky's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian in Népszabadság Krisztián Benyovszky's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian in Új Szó in Bratislava Gábor Wágner's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian in Pesti Műsor István M. Szabó's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian in Magyar Narancs Tibor Bárány's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian in Magyar Narancs puskar's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian on index.hu Janos Horváth's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian on Dark Corners Sándor Tóth's review of Budapest Noir in Hungarian in Zsaru Magazin All the available reviews on Budapest Noir in English Interview with Kondor in Exit in Hungarian 1954 births Hungarian writers Living people Crime fiction writers