The N'Gustro affair
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New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
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Book
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9781681375120, 1681375125
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xv, 180 pages ; 21 cm.
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
Language
English
ISBN
9781681375120, 1681375125
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Description
"Mean, arrogant, naïve, 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 leading opposition leader from a third-world African nation in the throes of postcolonial civil war. The N'Gustro Affair 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 The Killer inside Me) 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Morris County Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION MANCHETTE, JEAN-P | Available |
Parsippany Library (Main Library) - Adult Fiction | FICTION MANCHETTE | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Manchette, J., Nicholson-Smith, D., & Indiana, G. (2021). The N'Gustro affair . New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Manchette, Jean-Patrick, 1942-1995, Donald, Nicholson-Smith and Gary, Indiana. 2021. The N'Gustro Affair. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Manchette, Jean-Patrick, 1942-1995, Donald, Nicholson-Smith and Gary, Indiana. The N'Gustro Affair New York Review Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Manchette, Jean-Patrick, Donald Nicholson-Smith, and Gary Indiana. The N'Gustro Affair New York Review Books, 2021.
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