http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/08/30/mediterranean-noir-part-1/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/08/30/mediterranean-noir-part-1/#comment-30248 Sandy Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:26:16 +0000 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/08/30/mediterranean-noir-part-1/#comment-30248 As a librarian I spend a lot of time looking for books to read that I might have missed. Thank you so much for bringing Izzo to my attention, I also could not put it down and was carried away. As a fan of the noir this was really a good read. I have now odered all of his books I can not wait till #2 of the trilogy arrives! As a librarian I spend a lot of time looking for books to read that I might have missed. Thank you so much for bringing Izzo to my attention, I also could not put it down and was carried away. As a fan of the noir this was really a good read. I have now odered all of his books I can not wait till #2 of the trilogy arrives!

]]> http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/08/30/mediterranean-noir-part-1/#comment-20609 Howard Curtis Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:02:07 +0000 http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2008/08/30/mediterranean-noir-part-1/#comment-20609 Nick, Just came across this while surfing the net. As translator of all five of Jean-Claude Izzo's novels for Europa Editions, I'm immensely pleased to hear your reaction to the two you've read. I'm sure it's the kind of reaction Izzo aimed to provoke in his readers. It's been fascinating to me to work on his books and then to see the acclaim they've received in the USA. I'll be interested to know what you think of Total Chaos: there was certainly at least one scene in it (in Chapter 5, to be precise) that had me bursting spontaneously into tears the first time I read it. Nick, Just came across this while surfing the net. As translator of all five of Jean-Claude Izzo’s novels for Europa Editions, I’m immensely pleased to hear your reaction to the two you’ve read. I’m sure it’s the kind of reaction Izzo aimed to provoke in his readers. It’s been fascinating to me to work on his books and then to see the acclaim they’ve received in the USA. I’ll be interested to know what you think of Total Chaos: there was certainly at least one scene in it (in Chapter 5, to be precise) that had me bursting spontaneously into tears the first time I read it.

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