West coast blues
By: adapted by Jacques Tardi from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette ; [edited and translated by Kim Thompson]
Contributors: Thompson, Kim; Manchette, Jean-Patrick, 1942-1995
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books; Distributed in the U.S. by W. W. Norton
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Seattle, WA; [New York?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
ISBN-13: 9781606992951
Subjects: Witnesses; Murder; War criminals; Assassins; Comic books, strips
Work titles: Petit bleu de la côte Ouest
Description: "George Gerfaut, aimless young executive and desultory family man, witnesses a murder and finds himself sucked into a spiral of violence involving an exiled war criminal and two hired assassins. Adapting to the exigencies of his new life on the run with shocking ease, Gerfaut abandons his comfortable middle-class life for several months (including a sojourn in the countryside after an attempt to ride the rails turns spectacularly bad) until, joined with a new ally, he finally returns to settle all accounts-- with brutal, bloody interest"--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Translation of: Le petit bleu de la côte ouest.

Translated from the French.