"…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…

"Apostolos Doxiadis's The Three Little Men is the best novel of the year… .It is a delightful work, that employs techniques culled from popular oral storytelling to create a narrative of profound depth, a narrative that progresses by constantly subverting its characters and subjects. …The author creates a tale at the same time comic and tragic, its heroes struggling like marionettes to escape their fate…"

Ο Αλ, ο Νικ και ο Λι Φρανκ, παιδιά ενός έλληνα μετανάστη στη Νέα Υόρκη, έρχονται αντιμέτωποι με μια φοβερή κατάρα που απειλεί την ίδια τους τη ζωή. Αγωνία αλλά και αλληγορική εκδοχή του παραμυθιού με τα τρία γουρουνάκια...