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
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