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The Mad and the Bad
The Mad and the Bad | Jean-Patrick Manchette
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An NYRB Classics Original Winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for Fiction Michel Hartog, a sometime architect, is a powerful businessman and famous philanthropist whose immense fortune has just grown that much greater following the death of his brother in an accident. Peter is his orphaned nephewa spoiled brat. Julie is in an insane asylum. Thompson is a hired gunman with a serious ulcer. Michel hires Julie to look after Peter. And he hires Thompson to kill them. Julie and Peter escape. Thompson pursues. Bullets fly. Bodies accumulate. The craziness is just getting started. Like Jean-Patrick Manchettes celebrated Fatale, The Mad and the Bad is a clear-eyed, cold-blooded, pitch-perfect work of creative destruction.
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catiewithac
The Mad and the Bad | Jean-Patrick Manchette
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I finally read a novel! This was a fast-paced, violent French noir novel from the early 1970s. I wanted a different ending but it was a good book to read when filled with rage.

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MicheleinPhilly
The Mad and the Bad | Jean-Patrick Manchette
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Megabooks Creepy! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Wow! Need to check this out! 5y
batsy What a cover. (and the description sounds so good) 5y
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Smrloomis Whoa! 😱 I need to never check this out 😂 Good thing the cover is a clear warning to scaredy cats like me! 5y
Leftcoastzen Whoa , some cover! 5y
LeahBergen That‘s a great cover! 5y
LauraBeth Did someone spill their wine? 5y
BarbaraBB Love this 😍😍 5y
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MicheleinPhilly
The Mad and the Bad | Jean-Patrick Manchette
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#riotgrams NYRB Classics has mastered the art of the cover. I've bought several without even reading the book's synopsis. #FavoriteCovers

saresmoore Same! Although, I've passed on a couple for fear of giving my children nightmares... 8y
Moray_Reads I'm a sucker for NYRB covers too 😊 8y
Hobbinol ❤NYRB covers and between the NYRB covers and their journal and their online store! 8y
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MicheleinPhilly
The Mad and the Bad | Jean-Patrick Manchette
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I do sometimes judge books by their covers. #photoadaynov16 #bookpyramid

BooksForYears 💞NYRB💞 8y
MicheleinPhilly @BooksForYears I ❤️them so much. 8y
Reviewsbylola I have a small collection of NYRB! 8y
MicheleinPhilly @Reviewsbylola They're so pretty! 8y
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