{"product_id":"skeletons-in-the-closet-paperback","title":"Skeletons in the Closet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Patrick Manchette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlyson Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEug駭e Tarpon, the private-eye protagonist from Manchette's \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e, appears once more for a characteristically brisk and brutal story full of unexpected comedy and feeling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePrivate eye Eug駭e Tarpon is back to sleeping in his office, waiting for a paying job to turn up. Then he gets a call from a sometime contact in the police department. He's referring a nice old lady--a distant relative--to Tarpon; her daughter's gone missing and, the copy says, there's no finding her. There are no leads. She's gone. But the old lady's pigheaded. Do me a favor, he tells Tarpon. Humor her. Take her off our hands. Take her money, too. And, by the way, there's no need to investigate the actual business at all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTarpon may be down and out, but he's too much of a gentleman for that. Plus, fed an obviously fishy story, he doesn't have it in him to let well enough alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce again, Tarpon is making a very big mistake.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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 embarked on his literary career in earnest, producing ten subsequent works over the course of the next two decades and establishing a new genre of French detective novel. NYRB Classics publishes his \u003ci\u003eFatale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad and the Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIvory Pearl, Nada\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe N'Gustro Affair, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlyson Waters \u003c\/b\u003eis a prize-winning translator of literary fiction from French to English. She has translated \u003ci\u003eA King Alone \u003c\/i\u003eby Jean Giono, \u003ci\u003eProud Beggars\u003c\/i\u003e by Albert Cossery, \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e by Jean-Patrick Manchette, and \u003ci\u003eHenri Duchemin and His Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e by Emmanuel Bove, all available from NYRB Classics. For NYRB Kids, she has translated \u003ci\u003eOur Fort\u003c\/i\u003e by Marie Dorl饌ns and \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger Prince\u003c\/i\u003e by Chen Jiang Hong. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764469072160,"sku":"9781681377605","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2ef785cbb098d2d2eff768a7a011eb76.webp?v=1780249211","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/skeletons-in-the-closet-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}