Jean-Patrick Manchette

Prólogo de Carlos ZanónLa novela que ha inspirado la película protagonizada por Sean Penn y Javier Bardem.Un asesino profesional al servicio de una «Compañía» –que nos remite inevitablemente a la CIA

Deadly professional assassin Martin Terrier returns to Paris after his latest job determined to get out of the game. Ten years ago he made a promise to return to his childhood sweetheart in the south of France. But circumstances put Martins attempted retirement on hold: a key target is flying in to Paris, and there is only one man fit for the task of eliminating him. As Martin flees southwards, desperate to return to the crushing mediocrity of life in a backwater town, he finds his former employers will stop at nothing to regain his services for one last job.Bursting with Gallic irony and visceral brutality, The Gunman (originally published in English as The Prone Gunman) is a shocking and sardonic masterpiece from the late, great master of the French crime novel, J-P Manchette.

Prólogo de Carlos ZanónLa novela que ha inspirado la película protagonizada por Sean Penn y Javier Bardem.Un asesino profesional al servicio de una «Compañía»–que nos remite inevitablemente a la CIA–

MAGISTRAL ADAPTACIÓN DE LA OBRA DE UNO DE LOS MAESTROS FRANCESES DE NOVELA NEGRA Su nombre es Aimée Joubert. O quizá no, quién sabe. Se ha instalado en Bléville. Pero lo hubiera podido hacer en cual

Deadly professional assassin Martin Terrier returns to Paris after his latest job determined to get out of the game. Ten years ago he made a promise to return to his childhood sweetheart in the south of France. But circumstances put Martin's attempted retirement on hold: a key target is flying in to Paris, and there is only one man fit for the task of eliminating him. As Martin flees southwards, desperate to return to the crushing mediocrity of life in a backwater town, he finds his former employers will stop at nothing to regain his services for one last job. Bursting with Gallic irony and visceral brutality, The Gunman (originally published in English as The Prone Gunman) is a shocking and sardonic masterpiece from the late, great master of the French crime novel, J-P Manchette.