La Position Du Tireur Couché

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 Organization won't let him go: they have other plans. Once

again, the gunman must assume the prone shooting position. A tour de force,

this violent tale shatters as many illusions about life and politics as

bodies.

**Jean-Patrick Manchette** (1942â1995) rescued the French crime novel from

the grip of stodgy police procedurals, restoring the noir edge by virtue of

his post-1968 leftism. Manchette is a totem to a generation of French mystery

writers, and his stories have inspired several films, including Claude

Chabrol's _Nada_.

Also Available by Jean-Patrick Manchette

_Three to Kill_

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