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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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The gunman

by Jean-Patrick Manchette, James Brook, Joaquín Jordá, Jacques Tardi, and François Guérif
First published in 1981
16 editions, 2 ebooks
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Fatale

by Jean-Patrick Manchette, Donald Nicholson-Smith, David Peace, Max Cabanes, and Doug Headline
First published in 1977
15 editions, 3 ebooks
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Le Petit Bleu De La Cote Ouest

by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Donald Nicholson-Smith
First published in 1980
9 editions, 3 ebooks
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The mad and the bad

by Jean-Patrick Manchette, Jacques Tardi, François Guérif, and Donald Nicholson-Smith
First published in 1987
5 editions, 2 ebooks
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Skeletons in the Closet

by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Alyson Waters First published in 1976
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No Room at the Morgue

by Jean-Patrick Manchette, Alyson Waters, and Howard A. Rodman First published in 1973
5 editions, 1 ebook

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Mavi Kanli Prenses

by Jean-Patrick Manchette First published in 1996
4 editions, 1 ebook
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N'Gustro Affair

by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Donald Nicholson-Smith First published in 1971
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Nada

by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Donald Nicholson-Smith First published in 1972
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Chroniques

by Jean-Patrick Manchette First published in 1996
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Les Yeux de la momie - L’intégrale des chroniques de cinéma

by Jean-Patrick Manchette, GEBE, and GEBE First published in 1997
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Griffu

by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jacques Tardi First published in 1978
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Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder: The Complete Noir of Manchette and Tardi Vol. 2

by Jacques Tardi, Jean-Patrick Manchette, and Kim Thompson First published in 2020
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Le petit bleu de la côte ouest - La position du tireur couché - Ô dingos, ô chateaux !

by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette First published in 2011
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Kuldesak

by John Middleton Murry, Jr., Jacques Martinache, and Jean-Patrick Manchette First published in 1978
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Na straconej pozycji

by Jean-Patrick Manchette First published in 2007
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LA LOCA DEL LABERINTO

by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Tardi First published in 2012
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CUERPO A TIERRA

by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette First published in 2011
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Fatídica

by Jean-Patrick Manchette First published in 2013
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Fatale

by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Cabanes First published in 2015
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French writer (1942-1995)

Born	December 19, 1942
Died	June 03, 1995

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL282451A
ISNI: 0000000121309435
IMDb: nm0541389
Library of Congress Names: n90610262
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV118565
VIAF: 46764484
Wikidata: Q301951
Inventaire.io: wd:Q301951

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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
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