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The Lost Sailors

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This short book turned out to be a story I couldn't put down. Although I could find plenty of pitiful characters, they all had elements of the whole human balance sheet, good, bad and fascinating. I have no idea if the translation is a good one or not, but the story went along very smoothly, which is saying a lot as the subjects were so imbedded in the dark side of the life of merchan marines. Izzo will be missed, at least by this reader.

I like Jean-Claude Izzo and this is a good story, though as another reviewer, somewhere, noted, it's a bit much when every woman he describes is beautiful, desirable, a Siren. And--not the author's problem--after reading the Marseille trilogy, I expected this would also be a mystery. There are mysterious elements in it, but it's most definitely not a whodunit: no detective and no crime (except the vagaries of life, stealing away with possibilities). But Jean-Claude is an evocative writer, and we get Marseille again, which I like, and he has some profound things to say, so I take away one star for the too beautiful women and call this a good Izzo book.I Think, Therefore Who Am I?