Fatale (New York Review Books Classics)
“Manchette is legend among all of the crime writers I know, and with good reason: his novels never fail to stun and thrill from page one.”—Duane Swierczynski, Author ofExpiration Date“Manchette called crime novels ‘the great moral literature of our time.’ Manchette pushes the Situationist strategy ofdériveanddétournementto the point of comic absurdity, throwing a wrench into the workings of their main characters’ lives and gleefully recording the anarchy that results.”—Jennifer Howard,Boston Review“Cool, compact, and shockingly original.”—Marilyn Stasio,The New York Times“In France, which long ago embraced American crime fiction, thrillers are referred to aspolars. And in France the godfather and wizard ofpolarsis Jean-Patrick Manchette. . . . [H]e’s a massive figure. . . . There is gristle here, there is bone.” —The Boston Globe