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Jean-Patrick Manchette

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Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942–1995) was a genre-redefining French crime novelist, screenwriter, critic, and translator. In 1971 he published his first novel, a collaboration with Jean-Pierre Bastid, and went on to produce ten subsequent works over the course of the next two decades, establishing a new genre of French novel, the néo-polar (distinguished from the traditional detective novel, or polar, by its political engagement and social radicalism). Manchette’s Fatale, The Mad and the Bad, Ivory Pearl, Nada, and No Room at the Morgue are also available from NYRB Classics.

Donald Nicholson-Smith was born in Manchester, England, and is a longtime resident of New York City. For NYRB Classics, he has translated Manchette’s Fatale, The Mad and the Bad, Ivory Pearl, and Nada as well as Jean-Paul Clébert’s Paris Vagabond and Frédéric Pajak’s Uncertain Manifesto; and for NYR Comics The Green Hand and Dead Season by Nicole Claveloux and Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures by Yvan Alagbé.

Gary Indiana is a critic and novelist. His most recent books include I Can Give You Anything But Love, a memoir, and Tiny Fish That Only Want to Kiss, a collection of short fiction. His writing has appeared in New York magazine, The New York Times, Vice, the London Review of Books, and many other publications.

Jean-Patrick Manchette Books

Skeletons in the Closet book cover

Skeletons in the Closet

Jean-Patrick Manchette
The N'Gustro Affair book cover

The N'Gustro Affair

Jean-Patrick Manchette
No Room at the Morgue book cover

No Room at the Morgue

Jean-Patrick Manchette
Nada book cover

Nada

Jean-Patrick Manchette
Ivory Pearl book cover

Ivory Pearl

Jean-Patrick Manchette
The Gunman (Movie Tie-In Edition) book cover

The Gunman (Movie Tie-In Edition)

Jean-Patrick Manchette
Three To Kill book cover

Three To Kill

Jean-Patrick Manchette
The Mad and the Bad book cover

The Mad and the Bad

Jean-Patrick Manchette
Fatale book cover

Fatale

Jean-Patrick Manchette
The Prone Gunman book cover

The Prone Gunman

Jean-Patrick Manchette
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