Chourmo

The second volume in Jean-Claude Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles Trilogy, featuring ex-cop Fabio Montale. “One of the masterpieces of modern noir." “Just as Raymond Chandler and JamesEllroy made Los Angeles their very own, soMr. Izzo has made Marseilles so much morethan just another geographical setting.” “Izzo’s ability to describe Marseilles and to make his readers feel the multiracial reality of that city so directly and authentically is fascinating.” “Like the best noir writers—and make no mistake, he is among the best—Izzo not only has a keen eye for detail . . . but also digs deep into what makes men weep.” “Izzo provides another guided tour of the underbelly of Marseilles (so extensive that it seems to swallow the whole city) that’s bracing in its wit and velocity.” The second novel in Izzo’s acclaimedMarseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to theauthor’s beloved city, in all its colour andcomplexity. Fabio Montale is an unwittinghero in this city of melancholy beauty.Fabio Montale has left a police force marredby corruption, xenophobia, and greed. Butgetting out is not going to be so easy. Whenhis cousin’s son goes missing, Montale isdragged back onto the mean streets of aviolent, crime-infested Marseilles. To discoverthe truth about the boy’s disappearance,he infiltrates a dangerous underworld ofmobsters, religious fanatics, crooked cops,and ordinary people whom desperation hasdriven to extremes.

• | Author: Jean-Claude Izzo, Howard Curtis
• | Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 10, 2020
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781787702240
• | ISBN-10: 1787702243