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A review by chalicotherex
Garlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil: Essays on Marseilles, Mediterranean Cuisine, and Noir Fiction by Jean-Claude Izzo
1.0
There's not much here. A few essays about how he loves his hometown of Marseilles and the Mediterranean, and then a bit on a his noir trilogy, which I'd like to read but have been unable to track down.
I did like the part about Oedipus being the original noir. Not just the grim outcome, but the fact that it starts with a stranger coming to a town where he's unwelcome, and that it's short enough that you can read it in a single sitting, like all good noir.
I did like the part about Oedipus being the original noir. Not just the grim outcome, but the fact that it starts with a stranger coming to a town where he's unwelcome, and that it's short enough that you can read it in a single sitting, like all good noir.