On 11/2/05, Domenic wrote:
>
> Some ways, The Prone Gunmen is a political thriller,
other ways an
> assassin
> novel, and what excited me about the book was that
it both operated inside
> the conventions and outside them at the same
time.
Part of what I found fascinating about The Prone Gunman was
this seemingly over the top moments of violence that come out
of nowhere. Within the context of Gunman, those absurd
moments seem to make sense. But I don't know enough about
Manchette to know whether absurdity is indeed one of the
points he's trying to get across, or how much any of that is
Situationist inspired.
As an aside, I've been watching Melville's Le Samourai
recently. I keep imagining Alan Deloin's character protraying
the anti-hero of Gunman.
Tribe
-- http://tribe.textdriven.com/blog Tribe's Blog
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