Chourmo

“Just as Raymond Chandler and JamesEllroy made Los Angeles their very own, soMr. Izzo has made Marseilles so much morethan just another geographical setting.” * The Economist *“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“One of the masterpieces of modern noir.” * The Washington Post *“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 *“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 (starrred review) *

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.