Title: La position du tireur couché
First published: 1981
Description: Martin Terrier is a hired killer who wants out of the game — so he can settle down and marry his childhood sweetheart. After all, that's why he took up this profession! But "the company" won't let him go: they have other plans. Once again, the gunman must assume the prone firing position. A tour de force, this violent tale shatters as many illusions about life and politics as it does bodies. Jean-Patrick Manchette subjects his characters and the reader alike to a fierce exercise in style. This tightly plotted, corrosive parody of "the success story" is widely considered to be Manchette's masterpiece, and was named a *New York Times* "Notable Book" in 2002. *The Prone Gunman* is a classic of modern noir.
Subjects: Murder for hire, Fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Suspense fiction, Paris (france), fiction, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, thrillers, Assassins
Places: Paris, Paris (France), France
People: Fiction, Noir, American Fiction, American noir
LC classification: PQ2673.A452 P6713 2002