The gunman

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

People: Fiction,  Noir,  American Fiction,  American noir

Places: Paris,  Paris (France),  France