{"product_id":"garlic-mint-sweet-basil-jean-claude-izzo-9781609456030","title":"Garlic, Mint, \u0026 Sweet Basil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Evocative . . . A paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean . . . His essays . . . reveal a man of deep feeling and humanity\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA short sublime book on the three things dearest to Jean-Claude Izzo's heart: his native Marseilles, the sea in all its splendor, and Mediterranean noir--the literary genre his books helped to found. This collection of writings shows Izzo, author of the acclaimed Marseilles trilogy, at his most contemplative and insightful. His native city, with its food, its flavors, its passionate inhabitants, and its long, long history of commerce and conviviality, constitute the lifeblood that runs through all of Izzo's work.\u003cbr\u003eReminiscent of Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi and the lyrical essays of Antoine de Saint-Exup ry and Albert Camus, as uplifting and touching as Daniel Klein's Travels with Epicurus, this slender volume will appeal equally to gourmets who delight in the strong flavors of Mediterranean cuisine, to those travelling on the Riviera (or arm-chair travelers who wish they could), and, naturally, to aficionados of noir fiction.\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Jean-Claude Izzo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Izzo was a marvelous food writer . . . His books are filled with winning descriptions of Provencal meals run through with the flavors of north Africa, Italy, Greece.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Just as Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy made Los Angeles their very own, so Mr. Izzo has made Marseilles so much more than just another geographical setting.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In Izzo's books . . . Marseilles is a 'ville selon nos coeur, ' a city in tune with our heart . . . A cosmopolitan, maritime city, greedy, sensual and warm.\"--\u003ci\u003eSlow Food\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Claude Izzo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609456033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609456030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Compass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.60w x 0.40d","brand":"Jean-Claude Izzo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986439733503,"sku":"9781609456030","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_759e438b-e641-4fc4-acf8-578c89bb4b11.jpg?v=1683283351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/garlic-mint-sweet-basil-jean-claude-izzo-9781609456030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}