Jean-Claude Izzo

Marseilles Trilogy

Total Chaos (Nov-2005)
Solea (Jun-2007)

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  One Helluva Mess
  

  • Oct-2000
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  Total Chaos
  

  • Nov-2005
  • / Suspense
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  Marseilles Trilogy
  

  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 Marseill...

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  Chourmo
  

  • Sep-2006
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  Second in the renowned Marseilles trilogy following Total Chaos, “one of the masterpieces of modern noir” (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post). This second novel in Izzo’s acclaimed Marseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to the author’s bel...

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  Solea
  

  • Jun-2007
  • / Suspense
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  Marseilles Trilogy
  

  The final book in the Marseilles trilogy, following Chourmo, from “a talented writer who draws from the deep, dark well of noir (The Washington Post).Ex-cop, loner, Fabio Montale returns in this stunning conclusion to Jean-Claude Izzo’s Marseille...

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  Lost Sailors
  

  • Sep-2007
  • / Literary
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  From one of France's best-known authors comes this evocative meditation on the human comedy. A freighter is impounded in the port of Marseilles when its owners declare bankruptcy. On board, the men are divided: wait for the money owed them -- money t...

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  A Sun for Dying
  

  • Sep-2008
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  The final novel from the author of the Marseilles trilogy. “A bleak, affecting tale about a man on the skids, despairing of love’s ability to heal” (Publishers Weekly).
  
  Rico has been banished to society’s margins; he has neither a r...

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  A Sun for the Dying
  

  • Apr-2013
  • / Literary
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  The final novel from the author of the Marseilles trilogy. “A bleak, affecting tale about a man on the skids, despairing of love’s ability to heal” (Publishers Weekly).Rico has been banished to society’s margins; he has neither a roof over hi...

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  Garlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil
  

  • May-2013
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  “Evocative . . . A paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean . . . His essays . . . reveal a man of deep feeling and humanity” (The Guardian).A short sublime book on the three things dear...

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