Three To Kill by Jean-Patrick Manchette

Three To Kill by Jean-Patrick Manchette

First in English for Manchette, renovator of French noir; trenchant social critique laced with black humor.

"A social satire cum suspense equally interested in dissecting everyday banalities and manufacturing thrillsWriting with economy, deadpan irony, and an eye for devastating detail, Manchette spins pulp fiction into literature."—from the Starred Review in Kirkus Reviews

"Backed by a tremendous European reputation, one of the stars of Gallimard's Serie Noire comes to America with a lean thriller, in a brilliant new translation. . . . Manchette is a must for the reading lists of all noir fans."—Publishers Weekly

Jean-Patrick Manchette (December 19, 1942, Marseille – June 3, 1995, Paris) was a French crime author who is credited with revitalizing the genre. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, he wrote 10 short novels and is largely regarded as the foremost French crime fiction novelist of the time. His stories are harsh existentialist investigations of the human condition and society in France. Manchette was a jazz saxophonist and screenwriter who was also a left-wing activist influenced by the Situationist International's writings as well as Dashiell Hammett's. Four of his novels have been translated into English. Three To Kill and The Prone Gunman, which is also available in a movie-tie version titled The Gunman, were both published by City Lights Books.

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ISBN 13	9780872863958
ISBN 10	0872863956
Title	Three To Kill
Author	Jean-Patrick Manchette
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	City Lights Books
Year published	2002-02-14
Number of pages	185
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