{"product_id":"9780872866652","title":"The Gunman (Movie Tie-In Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gunman\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published as \u003ci\u003eThe Prone Gunman\u003c\/i\u003e, is now a major motion picture starring Sean Penn. This is the official movie tie-in edition.\u003c\/b\u003e The film, opening March 20th, 2015, also stars Javier Bardem, Idris Elba and Ray Winstone, and is directed by Pierre Morel (\u003ci\u003eTaken\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eThe Gunman:\u003c\/i\u003e Terrier is a hired killer who wants out of the game, so he can settle down and marry his childhood sweetheart. But the Organization won't let him go: they have other plans for him. In a violent tale that shatters as many illusions as bodies, Jean-Patrick Manchette subjects his characters and the reader alike to a fierce exercise in style. This tightly plotted, corrosive parody of \"the success story\" is widely considered to be Manchette's masterpiece, and was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"Notable Book\" in 2002. \u003ci\u003eThe Gunman\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of modern noir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso available in its original edition titled \u003ci\u003eThe Prone Gunman\u003c\/i\u003e, along with Manchette's \u003ci\u003eThree to Kill\u003c\/i\u003e, published by City Lights in 2002.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's not a superfluous word or overdone effect . . . one of the last cool, compact and shockingly original crime novels Manchette left as his legacy to modern noir fiction.\" — \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is lean, mean noir fiction that cleverly sends up the tough guy genre while incarnating it perfectly.\" — \u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Manchette is a master of both economy and irony. Brutal and bracing: Terrier's tale fascinates even as it chills.\" — \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For Manchette and the generation of writers who followed him, the crime novel is no mere entertainment, but a means to strip bare the failures of society, ripping through veils of appearance, deceit, and manipulation to the greed and violence that are the society's true engines.\" — \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jean-Patrick Manchette's terse prose moves like the swift, almost automatic methods and mannerisms of his protagonist.\" — \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130878083312,"sku":"9780872866652","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780872866652_p0.jpg?v=1763840011","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780872866652","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}