{"product_id":"fatale","title":"Fatale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMurder isn't always ugly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAimee is drop-dead gorgeous, razor-sharp, and lethally efficient. A killer with a cool head and a taste for chaos, she arrives in the backwater town of Bleville - a festering stew of grudges, corruption, and small-town rot - ready to make a killing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a game she's played before- stir up trouble, pit the locals against one another, then disappear with blood on her hands and money in her pocket. But this time, something breaks and the game turns on her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean-Patrick Manchette transformed the crime novel into a weapon of satire and stylish mayhem. \u003ci\u003eFatale \u003c\/i\u003eis his bloodiest, funniest, and most brilliantly unhinged work- a riot of revenge, farce, and gleeful destruction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e'The French noir novel you need to help you vent your frustrations right now' \u003cb\u003eLitHub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e'Manchette was Le Homme... We must revere him now and rediscover him this very instant. ' \u003cb\u003eJames Ellroy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e'A comedic genius... I read and reread him, stunned, appalled, and laughing out loud' \u003cb\u003eRachel Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-Patrick Manchette (1942-1995)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a crime novelist, screenwriter, critic, and translator. In 1971 he published his first novel and went on to establish a new genre of French novel, the neo-polar. Vintage Classics publishes his \u003ci\u003eFatale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNada\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSkeletons in the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jean-Patrick Manchette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50293921022119,"sku":"9781529977288","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4945\/4503\/files\/Fatale-Manchette-2026-9781529977288.jpg?v=1778194845","url":"https:\/\/www.murderousink.com.au\/products\/fatale","provider":"Murderous Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}