Jean-Claude Izzo

"Jean-Claude Izzo's . . . growing literary renown and huge sales are leading to a recognizable new trend in continental fiction: the rise of the sophisticated Mediterranean thriller. . . . Caught between pride and crime, racism and fraternity, tragedy and light, messy urbanization and generous beauty, the city for …

Chourmo - Il cuore di Marsiglia è un romanzo di Jean-Claude Izzo pubblicato nel 1996. Protagonista di questo romanzo è Fabio Montale ex poliziotto dimissionario, di mezza età, scapolo, innamorato della sua città, Marsiglia. Egli ha origini italiane in quanto i suoi genitori erano emigrati in Francia in cerca di …

"Izzo digs deep into what makes men weep."-Time Out New York In this moving investigation into the human comedy, the men aboard an impounded freighter in the port of Marseilles are divided: Wait for the money owed them, or accept their fate and abandon ship? Captain Abdul Aziz is determined to save his charge and do …