Total Chaos - Jean-Claude Izzo, Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

Fabio Montale is the perfect protagonist in this city of melancholy beauty. A disenchanted cop with an inimitable talent for living who 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. &quot,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.&quot,-The Economist&quot,Izzo's ability to describe Marseilles and to make his readers feel the multiracial reality of that city so directly and authentically is fascinating.&quot,-Andrea Camilleri&quot,One of the masterpieces of modern noir.&quot,-The Washington Post