by Jean-Claude Izzo · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290310007
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«Le soleil des mourants» is the crime novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, published by J'ai lu in paperback (256 pages, in French).
Rico, a homeless man, flees Paris for the south of France after the death of his friend Titi. Along the way he meets other outcasts, such as Félix and Mirjana, and recalls his divorce and the loss of his son. In Marseille he hopes to reunite with Léa, his first love. A crime novel of loneliness, misery and the search for hope.
Complete text in French. Number 5801 in the J'ai lu collection. Cover illustration by Joëlle Jolivet. Author also of the Marseille trilogy (Total Khéops, Chourmo, Solea).
For readers of crime fiction and contemporary French literature, interested in marginal characters and social portraits.
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.
