Author: Jean-Patrick Manchette
Alternate names: Jean P. Manchette; Jean-Patrick MANCHETTE; J. P. Manchette; J.-P. Manchette; J.-P. (Jean-Patrick) Manchette; Jean-Pierre Manchette; Jean­Patrick Manchette; Jeanpatrick Manchette; Jean-patrick Manchette; Jean Patrick Manchette; Manchette
Born: December 19, 1942
Died: June 03, 1995
Bio: Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties, and is widely recognized as the foremost French crime fiction author of the 1970s - 1980s . His stories are violent, existentialist explorations of the human condition and French society. Source: Goodreads.com