Fabio Montale: Roman

by Jean-Claude Izzo

Fabio Montale en sait tellement sur Marseille qu’il sent presque battre en lui les pulsations de la ville. Flic déclassé, fils d’immigrés aimant les poètes, le jazz, la pêche et les femmes, il est, à l’image de cette ville tant aimée, un homme sensible dont le passé parfois douloureux ressurgit au fil des enquêtes…

736 pages, Paperback

Published June 11, 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.

Reviews

[Lo · Rating 4 out of 5]

j’aime bien ces livres qui réussissent à te faire plonger dans une ambiance, très bien écrit et presque pas trop mal vieilli

[natalie Paraschiv · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marseille ma ville

I share my love for this city by the sea with Fabio and the author. I will relish Fabio's story for a long long time.