The Prone Gunman, Vol. 1

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The Prone Gunman, Vol. 1

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Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 180pp. ISBN: 0872864022 Publisher: City Lights Books Pub. Date: August 2002 In France, which long ago embraced American crime fiction, thrillers are referred to "polars." And in France the godfather and wizard of polars is Jean-Patrick Manchette....For Manchette and his generation of writers who followed him, the crime novel is no mere entertainment, but a means to strip bare the failures of society, ripping through veils of appearance, deceit, and manipulation to the greed and violence that are the society's true engines.