{"product_id":"the-ngustro-affair-9781681375120","title":"The n'Gustro Affair","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe debut novel of a pioneering author of French crime thrillers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMean, arrogant, naive, sadistic on occasion, the young Henri Butron records his life story on tape just before death catches up with him: a death passed off as a suicide by his killers, French secret service agents who need to hush up their role--and Butron's--in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of a prominent opposition leader from a third-world African nation in the throes of a postcolonial civil war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe N'Gustro Affair\u003c\/i\u003e is a thinly veiled retelling of the 1965 abduction and killing of Mehdi Ben Barka, a radical opponent of King Hassan II of Morocco. But this is merely the backdrop to Jean-Patrick Manchette's first-person portrait (with shades of Jim Thompson's \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Inside Me\u003c\/i\u003e) of a man who lacks the insight to see himself for what he is: a wannabe nihilist too weak to be even a full-bore fascist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4672209\"\u003eJean-Patrick Manchette\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681375120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681375125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC050000\"\u003eCrime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC037000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC062000\"\u003eNoir\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Patrick Manchette\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-1995) was a genre-redefining French crime novelist, screenwriter, critic, and translator. In 1971 he published his first novel, a collaboration with Jean-Pierre Bastid, and went on to produce ten subsequent works over the course of the next two decades, establishing a new genre of French novel, the \u003ci\u003enéo-polar\u003c\/i\u003e (distinguished from the traditional detective novel, or \u003ci\u003epolar\u003c\/i\u003e, by its political engagement and social radicalism). Manchette's \u003ci\u003eFatale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad and the Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ivory Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNada\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e are also available from NYRB Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Nicholson-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Manchester, England, and is a longtime resident of New York City. For NYRB Classics, he has translated Manchette's \u003ci\u003eFatale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad and the Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIvory Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNada\u003c\/i\u003e as well as Jean-Paul Clébert's \u003ci\u003eParis Vagabond\u003c\/i\u003e and Frédéric Pajak's \u003ci\u003eUncertain Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e; and for NYR Comics \u003ci\u003eThe Green Hand \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDead Season\u003c\/i\u003e by Nicole Claveloux and \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e by Yvan Alagbé. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Indiana\u003c\/b\u003e is a critic and novelist. His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eI Can Give You Anything But Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir, and \u003ci\u003eTiny Fish That Only Want to Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short fiction. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications.","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704352706797,"sku":"9781681375120","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_dfcd82c3-039e-4736-b3a4-4d16896811b0.jpg?v=1649996184","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-ngustro-affair-9781681375120","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}