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Jean-Patrick Manchette

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

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Cover of Run Like Crazy Run like Hell

Run Like Crazy Run like Hell

2011

Cover of La Princesse Du Sang

La Princesse Du Sang

1996

Cover of Ivory Pearl

Ivory Pearl

1996

Cover of The Prone Gunman

The Prone Gunman

1981

Cover of Griffu

Griffu

1978

Cover of Fatale

Fatale

1977

Cover of Piccolo blues

Piccolo blues

1976

Cover of Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet

1976

Cover of Three to Kill

Three to Kill

1976

Cover of No Room at the Morgue

No Room at the Morgue

1973

Cover of Nada

Nada

1972

Cover of The Mad and the Bad

The Mad and the Bad

1972

Cover of The N'Gustro Affair

The N'Gustro Affair

1971

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Cover of Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder Box Set: The Complete Noir Stories of Manchette and Tardi

Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder Box Set: The Complete Noir Stories of Manchette and Tardi

Unknown

Cover of Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder: The Complete Graphic Noir of Manchette & Tardi, Vol. 1

Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder: The Complete Graphic Noir of Manchette & Tardi, Vol. 1

2020

Cover of West Coast Blues

West Coast Blues

2005

Cover of Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot

Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot

1981