Solea

Description

The Marseilles trilogy, featuring ex-cop Fabio Montale, is a classic of European crime fiction. Its publication was the catalyst for the foundation of an entire literary movement, Mediterranean, and made its author into a celebrity overnight. Montale's heartfelt cry against the criminal forces devastating his beloved Marseilles provides the touching and gripping conclusion to a trilogy that epitomizes the aspirations of the Mediterranean noir movement.

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.

Praise for 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 "Terrific." --The New York Times "A talented writer who draws from the deep, dark well of noir." --Washington Post "A sensationally readable mystery...Full of fascinating characters." --The Chicago Tribune "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 "Noir at it's finest." --Hirsh Sawhney, Times Literary Supplement