In search of lost love or death rediscovered in Jean-Claude Izzo’s crime trilogy

This article tries to see to what extent love is a romantic issue in Jean-Claude Izzo’s trilogy, which, at first glance, appears to be a denunciation of the political, economic, and social reality in the city of Marseille. In this case, crime is ultimately only a pretext to put this trilogy in the detective genre, and the real leitmotif of the narrative is the quest for love itself, which is tied up in Montale/Izzo’s case with his deep attachment to his city.