Jean Claude Izzo: 8 books

Marsiglia, il noir e il Mediterraneo Introduzione "Il noir mediterraneo. Elogio di Jean-Claude Izzo" di Massimo Carlotto Questo libro nasce per cercare, attraverso una raccolta di scritti e di racconti inediti, una piccola consolazione alla nostalgia che moltissimi lettori sentono per la...

From the father of the Mediterranean Noir genre. A short sublime book on the three things dearest to Jean-Claude Izzo's heart: his native Marseilles, the sea in all its splendor, and Mediterranean noir—the literary genre his books helped to found. This collection of writings shows Izzo, author...

The Final Book in the Marseilles Trilogy Ex-cop, loner, Fabio Montale returns in this stunning conclusion to Jean-Claude Izzo's Marseilles trilogy. Italian Mafiosi are hunting journalist-activist Babette Bellini, and the body count is growing as they close in on their prey. In desperation,...

In Jean-Claude Izzo's "Mediterranean noir" mysteries, the city of Marseilles is explosive, breathtakingly beautiful, and deadly. This first book in the Marseilles trilogy introduces readers to Fabio Montale, a disenchanted cop who turns his back on a police force marred by corruption and...

A year before his untimely death, Jean-Claude Izzo penned his masterpiece: this dramatic story of a man’s search for human intimacy.   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 vagabond dies...

Dopo il successo travolgente della trilogia dei noir marsigliesi - Casino totale, Chourmo, Solea - Jean-Claude Izzo, ha scritto questo romanzo altrettanto nero, altrettanto impregnato di quella nostalgia per una felicità impossibile che è una nota caratteristica della sua scrittura. Il sole dei...

Marinai perduti è – tra quelli di Jean-Claude Izzo – il romanzo del Mediterraneo. Innanzitutto per i personaggi: il libanese Abdul Aziz, comandante di una nave condannata al disarmo; il greco Diamantis, suo secondo a bordo e poeta; il turco Nedim; le donne, Céphée, Melina, Aysel, Amina, Mariette,...

Book Two in the Marseilles Trilogy This second novel in Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to the author's beloved city, in all its color and complexity. Fabio Montale is an unwitting hero in this city of melancholy beauty. Fabio Montale has left a police force...