Solea: Marseille-Trilogie III. Kriminalroman. Die Marseille-Trilogie III

by Jean-Claude Izzo, Ronald Voullié (translator)

In Total Cheops kämpft Fabio Montale noch mit den Widersprüchen seiner Arbeit als Polizist, in Chourmo steigt er aus. In Solea, dem dritten Band der Marseille-Trilogie, kommt er wider Willen einer befreundeten Journalistin zu Hilfe, die monatelang über die südfranzösische Mafia recherchiert hat und jetzt von Killern verfolgt wird. In einem atemberaubenden Finale stößt er an seine Grenzen und geht den Weg, der ihm schon so lange vorgezeichnet ist.

270 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 6, 2015

About the author

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 noir novels, Total Chaos (Total Khéops), Chourmo, and Solea: widely known as the Marseilles Trilogy. They feature, as protagonist, ex-cop Fabio Montale, and are set in the author's native city of Marseille. All have been translated into English by Howard Curtis.
Jean-Claude Izzo's father was an Italian immigrant and his maternal grandfather was a Spanish immigrant. He excelled in school and spent much of his time at his desk writing stories and poems. But because of his “immigrant” status, he was forced into a technical school where he was taught how to operate a lathe.
In 1963, he began work in a bookstore. He also actively campaigned on behalf of Pax Christi, a Catholic peace movement. Then, in 1964, he was called up for military duty in Toulon and Djibouti. He then worked for the military newspaper as a photograph and journalist.