CITY · FRANCEBooks set in Marseille
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7 books · 5 authors · 1844–1956
7 books here
Most-set authors
Jean-Claude Izzo (3) · Claude McKay (1) · Bernard Dadié (1) · Alexandre Dumas (1) · Anna Seghers (1)
Genres
literary fiction (3)
Books set here
Set in Marseille (7)
Banjo
Claude McKay
Vieux Port waterfront where Black seamen wander, play music, and survive in McKay's portrait of diaspora life
Chourmo
Jean-Claude Izzo
Multicultural Marseille — mean streets of the Marseilles Trilogy
Solea
Jean-Claude Izzo
Mediterranean port, Fabio Montale's city, Marseilles Trilogy finale
The Black Docker
Bernard Dadié
dockworker life in Marseille port
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Total Chaos
Jean-Claude Izzo
Marseille; Fabio Montale polices La Paternelle — the first novel of Izzo's classic Mediterranean Noir trilogy
Transit
Anna Seghers
wartime refugee port
Notable locations in Marseille
Château d'If1
Nearby books
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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Manon of the Springs
Marcel Pagnol
14 km · La Treille
Marble Hall Murders
Anthony Horowitz
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Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer
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Second Harvest
Jean Giono
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