num_pages: 408
description: A modern-day linguist attempts to translate an ancient Greek novel called The Athenian Murders, only to find references apparently to himself in the text that follows Heracles Pontor, the detective hired by a tutor at Plato's Academy, to solve the strange death of a young man apparently mauled by wolves, but who in fact was murdered.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: La caverna de las ideas
titlecomplete: La caverna de las ideas
genres: Spanish Literature, Greece, Historical, Historical Fiction, Philosophy, Novels, Crime, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 2255
places: Piraeus, Athens
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Shortlist, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: The Macallan Gold Dagger
category: Fiction
publisher: Debolsillo