Chourmo by Jean-Claude Izzo (English) Paperback Book

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Book two in the Marseilles trilogy

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Book two in the Marseilles trilogy"In Marseilles, you weren't just from one neighborhood, one project. You were chourmo. In the same galley, rowing! Trying to get out. Together."Fabio Montale has left a police force marred by corruption, racism and greed to follow the placid rhythms of his native town: the sea, fishing, and the local bar. But getting out is not going to be so easy. When his cousin's son goes missing, Montale is dragged back into the mean streets of a violent, crime-infested Marseilles. To discover the truth about the boy's disappearance, he infiltrates a dangerous underworld of mobsters, religious fanatics, crooked cops and ordinary people driven to extremes by desperation.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.

Notes

The second novel in Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles trilogy sees Fabio Montale conducting a life beyond a corrupt and xenophobic police force, but attempts to rectify the disappearance of his cousin's son all the same. Mobsters, religious fanatics and ordinary people crazed by circumstance cross his path, in this new instalment from the World Noir Reissues series.

Author Biography

Jean-Claude Izzo was born in Marseilles, France, in 1945. Best known for the Marseilles trilogy (Total Chaos, Chourmo, Solea), Izzo is also the author of The Lost Sailors, A Sun for the Dying, Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil, and one collection of short stories, Living Tires. He died in 2000 at the age of fifty-five. Award-winning translator Howard Curtis has worked on more than sixty books from French, Italian and Spanish. Among his recent translations for Europa are works by Jean-Claude Izzo and Santiago Gamboa.

Review

Praise for Jean-Claude Izzo's Marseilles Trilogy "One of the masterpieces of modern noir." --Michael Dirda, Washington Post "Izzo's ability to describe Marseilles and to make his readers feel the multiracial reality of that city so directly and authentically is fascinating." --Andrea Camilleri, author of the bestselling Inspector Montalbano series "Izzo's Marseilles is ravishing. Every street, cafe and house has its own character." --Globe and Mail "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." --Time Out New York "Just as Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy made Los Angeles their very own, so Mr. Izzo has made Marseilles so much more than just another geographical setting." --The Economist "The Marseilles trilogy may be the most lyrical hard-boiled writing yet." --The Nation "Reading Izzo's novels, you're bound to cry sooner or later." --Le Monde "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." --Kirkus (Starred review)

Review Quote

Praise for Jean-Claude Izzo's Marseilles Trilogy "One of the masterpieces of modern noir."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post "Izzo's ability to describe Marseilles and to make his readers feel the multiracial reality of that city so directly and authentically is fascinating."--Andrea Camilleri, author of the bestselling Inspector Montalbano series "Izzo's Marseilles is ravishing. Every street, cafe and house has its own character."-- Globe and Mail "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."-- Time Out New York "Just as Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy made Los Angeles their very own, so Mr. Izzo has made Marseilles so much more than just another geographical setting."-- The Economist "The Marseilles trilogy may be the most lyrical hard-boiled writing yet."-- The Nation "Reading Izzo's novels, you're bound to cry sooner or later."-- Le Monde "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." -- Kirkus (Starred review)

Description for Sales People

TARGET CONSUMER Crime fiction Mediterranean Noir KEY SELLING POINTS Setting: Marseilles, France SPC MKT Travel accounts potential Reissue of Book Two in Europa's bestselling World Noir series, The Marseilles Trilogy Food, music, and culture of the Mediterranean Jean-Claude Izzo, father of Mediterranean Noir

Details ISBN1609454502 Publisher Europa Editions Year 2018 ISBN-10 1609454502 ISBN-13 9781609454500 Format Paperback Media Book Language English DEWEY 843.92 Publication Date 2018-08-30 UK Release Date 2018-08-30 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2018-08-30 NZ Release Date 2018-08-30 US Release Date 2018-08-30 Author Howard Curtis Audience General Series Marseilles Trilogy Translator Howard Curtis Pages 256 Imprint World Noir We've got this

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