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A Sun for the Dying by Jean-Claude Izzo
Category: Fiction
Rico has been banished to society's margins; he has neither a roof over his head nor a steady income on which to depend. When a friend and fellow clochard dies of exposure after a night spent in the Paris metro, Rico decides to flee the northern cold for his beloved south, for Marseilles and the Mediter ...Show more
Chourmo - Marseilles Trilogy #2 by Jean-Claude Izzo
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Marseilles Trilogy Ser.
The Marseilles trilogy, featuring ex-cop Fabio Montale, is a classic of European crime fiction. Its publication was the catalyst for the foundation of an entire literary movement, Mediterranean noir, and made its author into a celebrity overnight. Montale has resigned from the force, but when his cousin ...Show more
Chourmo - The Marseilles Trilogy Book 2 by Jean-Claude Izzo; Howard Curtis (Translator)
Category: Fiction
The second volume in Jean-Claude Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles Trilogy, featuring ex-cop Fabio Montale.
Garlic, Mint and Sweet Basil by Jean-Claude Izzo
Category: Travel Literature
Available for the first time in English in Howard Curtis's brilliant translation this collection of personal essays shows Izzo at his most contemplative and insightful. He writes beautifully about the city he loved, the sea to which he belonged, and the literary movement that made him famous. A must-rea ...Show more
Solea - Marseilles Trilogy #3 by Jean-Claude Izzo
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Marseilles Trilogy Ser.
The Marseilles trilogy, featuring ex-cop Fabio Montale, is a classic of European crime fiction. Its publication was the catalyst for the foundation of an entire literary movement, Mediterranean, and made its author into a celebrity overnight. Montale's heartfelt cry against the criminal forces devastati ...Show more
The Lost Sailors by Jean-Claude Izzo
Category: Fiction
A moving investigation into the human comedy. The men aboard an impounded freighter in the port of Marseilles are divided - should they wait for teh money owed them, or accept their fate and look for work on another ship? This may be Captain Abdul Aziz' last commission and he is determined to save his s ...Show more
Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo
Category: Fiction
The Marseilles trilogy, featuring ex-cop Fabio Montale, is a classic of European crime fiction. Its publication was the catalyst for the foundation of an entire literary movement, Mediterranean noir, and made its author into a celebrity overnight. When his oldest and best friend is murdered, Fabio Monta ...Show more
Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo; Howard Curtis (Translator)
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Marseilles Trilogy Ser.
Ugo, Manu, and Fabio grew up together on the mean streets of Marseilles, where friendship and loyalty mean everything. As adults, Ugo and Manu are drawn into the city's criminal underworld, and when both men are murdered it is left to Detective Fabio Montale to avenge their deaths. A disenchanted cop wi ...Show more
Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo; Howard Curtis
Category: Fiction
An ex-cop takes on the mafia in the blockbuster novel that kicks off the Marseilles trilogy with what "may be the most lyrical hard-boiled writing yet" (The Nation). In Jean-Claude Izzo's "Mediterranean noir" mysteries, the city of Marseilles is explosive, breathtakingly beautiful, and deadly.Total Cha ...Show more
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