Jean-Claude Izzo
France
The Marseilles trilogy, written in the 1990s and featuring Fabio Montale (played on screen by Alain Delon), showcases the city through the eyes of an immigrant who, unlike his troublesome boyhood friends, became a cop. The hard-boiled Izzo is a leading name in Mediterranean noir, along with Massimo Carlotto (who spent many years in prison for murder, before being pardoned). The New York Times says Izzo’s books “are so thick with local colour it almost smothers the story”. There would surely have been more to enjoy had Izzo not died of lung cancer, aged 54 and at the height of his fame, in 2000
让-克洛德·伊佐
法国
马赛三部曲写于20世纪90年代,书中刻画了一位警察侦探蒙代尔(由阿兰·德龙在银幕上扮演),这个系列通过侦探蒙代尔——移民出身,但不同于他少年时代的朋友而成为一名警察——的眼睛,向人们展示了马赛这座城市。风格无情的伊佐是地中海黑色侦探小说流派中的领潮人物,另一位等量级的人物是Massimo Carlotto(他在监狱中度过很多年,罪名是谋杀,之后受赦免出狱)。《纽约时报》称伊佐的书“地方色彩如此浓厚,使得故事本身都快压得没气了。”本来我们还可以欣赏更多他的作品,但他在2000年54岁的时候死于肺癌,当时他正处于声名的巅峰。