by Jean-Claude Izzo · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070423910
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«Chourmo» is a crime novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, published by Gallimard in paperback (320 pages, in French).
Fabio Montale, a former police officer from the northern districts of Marseille, plunges into the city to find two teenagers who disappeared on the eve of the return to school. The journey shows a Marseille shaken by unemployment, poverty, drugs and violence, and Montale confronted with crime and corruption.
Second instalment of the Fabio Montale trilogy. Winner of the 2001 Deutscher Krimi Preis; originally published in 1996, this Gallimard edition is from 2002.
Will appeal to readers of crime and detective novels who appreciate stories with a strong urban atmosphere and social background.
Jean-Claude Izzo was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with the publication of his three neo-noir crime novels Total Chaos, Chourmo, and Solea, featuring as protagonist ex-cop Fabio Montale, and set in the author's native city of Marseille. All have been translated into English by Howard Curtis.
