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Jean-Patrick Manchette

Jean-Patrick Manchette: The Mad and the Bad

July 10, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Jean-Patrick Manchette’s 1972 crime novel, The Mad and the Bad, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith. The book comes out next week, and I recommend you do some odd chores over the weekend if you need to so you have some spare cash to pick it up. Read the full post

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