A review by paulataua
Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo

3.0

Nice to get back to some Mediterranean noir. The descriptions of Marseille were incredible and just captured the city as I remembered it in the mid 70s right down to the smells and the feel you got walking in certain areas of the city. I also loved having a hero who not only reflected on the city, but also on poetry, literature, and jazz. Having said that, those two points were the saving grace of a novel which was otherwise characterized by its fairly clichéd action and superficially drawn characters.