Marseille #[nn]

A striking graphic novel from Boisserie, Ploquin, and Gros, this 2013 release from 12 Bis captures France's most mythologized city in a mood of simmering menace. The cover says it all: the unmistakable silhouette of Notre-Dame de la Garde looming against a blood-red sky, with an AK-47 resting prominently in the foreground — a city of deep history and sharp contradictions laid bare. Marseille: Une Ville Sous Influences promises a hard-edged portrait of a place where power, faith, and violence share the same skyline.