Total Chaos [Paperback]

Ugo, Manu, and Fabio grew up together on the mean streets of Marseilles, where friendship and loyalty mean everything. As adults, Ugo and Manu are drawn into the citys criminal underworld, and when both men are murdered it is left to Detective Fabio Montale to avenge their deaths. A disenchanted cop with an inimitable talent for living, Montale turns his back on a police force marred by corruption and racism and, in the name of friendship, takes the fight against the mafia into his own hands.Jean-Claude Izzowas born in Marseilles in 1945. Best known for the Marseilles trilogy (Total Chaos,Chourmo,Solea), Izzo is also the author ofThe Lost Sailors, andA Sun for the Dying. Izzo is widely credited with being the founder of the modern Mediterranean noir movement. He died in 2000 at the age of fifty-five.For Europa Editions,Howard Curtishas translated five novels by Jean-Claude Izzo, including all three books in his Marseilles trilogy, as well as fiction by Francisco Coloane, Canek S?nchez Guevara, Caryl F?rey, and Santiago Gamboa.Praise for?Total Chaos

Izzos 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

Izzos Marseilles is ravishing. Every street, cafe and house has its own character.
The Globe and Mail

Like the best noir writersand make no mistake, he is among the bestIzzo not only has a keen eye for detail . . . but also digs deep into what makes men weep.
Time Out New York

Just as Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy made Los Angeles their very own, so Mr. Izzo has made Marseilles so much more than just another geographical setting.
The Economist

The Marseilles trilogy may be the most lyrical hard-boiled writing yet.
The Nation

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