Jean Patrick Manchette Books
No Room at the Morgue
Inspired by the works of Dashiell Hammett, No Room at the Morgue is Jean-Patrick Manchette's unparalleled take on the private eye novel — fierce, politically inflected, and finely rendered by...
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The N'Gustro Affair
By Jean Patrick Manchette Translated From The French By Donald Nicholson Smith
The debut novel of a pioneering author of French crime thrillers.Mean, arrogant, naive, sadistic on occasion, the young Henri Butron records his life story on tape just before death catches up with...
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Skeletons in the Closet
By Jean Patrick Manchette Translated From The French By Alyson Waters
Eugéne Tarpon, the private-eye protagonist from Manchette’s No Room at the Morgue, appears once more for a characteristically brisk and brutal story full of unexpected comedy and feeli...
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The gunman
Deadly professional assassin Martin Terrier returns to Paris after his latest job determined to get out of the game. Ten years ago he made a promise to return to his childhood sweetheart in the sou...
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