- Paperback: 234 pages
- Publisher: Arcadia Books (11 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1900850451
- ISBN-13: 978-1900850452
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 397,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Features Inspector Fabio Montale, the Marseilles flick fond of pretty women, good food and drink - and solo fishing trips. What will his catch be this time?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Gritty and terse thriller,
By Feanor (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: One Helluva Mess (Eurocrime) (Paperback)
Jean-Claude Izzo's One Helluva Mess (Arcadia Books) caught my attention for two reasons: its vivid description of seedy yet proud Marseilles, and its lavish accounts of gorgeous food. I'm not certain if this is a new oeuvre developing in crime fiction, the combination of great food and grisly murder, but Izzo could very well be a star in this field, along with the likes of Domingo Villar and Tonino Benacquista, all of whom treat food with passion. In this tale, Inspector Montale is forced to revisit his childhood to solve a crime involving old friends. The daughter of Algerian immigrants is brutally murdered, a potential consequene of which is sectarian strife on a massive scale. Marseilles is a true melting pot, but the rise of the racist National Front mirrors the fall in the fortunes of this city. When the police itself is affected by the canker of us-against-them, it is only a matter of time before corruption seeps in and the innocent are victimised. With this terse thriller, Izzo comes up with a procedural gem; in literary terms, Marseilles comes brilliantly alive. I'm well pleased.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
By A Reader (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: One Helluva Mess (Eurocrime) (Paperback)
This book was possibly better left untranslated as the manner of talking in British slang was very irritating . The other problem for me was that I felt I was reading a street directory of Marseille due to the ridiculous importance given to where people were at any one time. Sorry but this book did not live up to expectation, for the above reasons, although it gave a good insight into life and crime there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Same book!,
By Denise - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: One Helluva Mess (Eurocrime) (Paperback)
Amazon is offering this title with "Total Chaos" at a special price, be careful not to order them both - they are the same book with different titles!I waited months for the arrival of "Total Chaos" only to find that a different translator had given a different title to the same work. It's a good book but who needs two of them.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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One Helluva Mess / Total Chaos,
By William Dowling - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: One Helluva Mess (Eurocrime) (Paperback)
Amazon should not offer these two books as a special deal - same book !! Or at least tell the readers up front! great novel but you need to know you are buying the same story with a different title.
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