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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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French writer (1942-1995)

Born December 19, 1942
Died June 03, 1995

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  • Cover of: The gunman
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    Cover of edition pronegunman00manc First published in 1981 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Fatale
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    Cover of edition fatale0000manc Cover of edition fatale0000manc_p4s3 First published in 1977 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Le Petit Bleu De La Cote Ouest
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    First published in 1973 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The mad and the bad
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    Cover of edition odingosochateaux0000jean First published in 1987 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1976 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1971 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1996 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1972 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Chroniques

    First published in 1996 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Griffu

    First published in 1978 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Les Yeux de la momie - L’intégrale des chroniques de cinéma

    First published in 1997 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder: The Complete Noir of Manchette and Tardi Vol. 2

    First published in 2020 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: LA LOCA DEL LABERINTO

    First published in 2012 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Cache ta joie, ou, Le théâtre provoqué par le rock

    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: F.O.O.D.: [roman]

    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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French writer (1942-1995)

Born December 19, 1942
Died June 03, 1995

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Fiction, Assassins, Murder, Comic books, strips, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, crime, Murder for hire, Romance literature, Comics & graphic novels, crime & mystery, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, general, French Detective and mystery stories, Graphic novels, War criminals, Witnesses, Adaptations, Authors, French, Businessmen, Cuba, fiction, Diaries, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Fiction, action & adventure

Places

France, Cuba, Paris, Paris (France), Sierra Maestra (Mountains)

People

American Fiction, American noir, Fiction, Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942-), Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942-1995), Noir

Time

1933-1959, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Jean P. Manchette
  • Jean-Patrick MANCHETTE
  • J. P. Manchette
  • J.-P. Manchette
  • J.-P. (Jean-Patrick) Manchette
  • Jean-Pierre Manchette
  • Jean­Patrick Manchette
  • Jeanpatrick Manchette
  • Jean-patrick Manchette
  • Jean Patrick Manchette
  • Manchette

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December 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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March 15, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import