> Aside from Manchette's Prone Gunman, all I've read
is Japrisot's
Lady In the Car with Glasses and a Gun, which I enjoyed
immensely
(Jonquet's Mygale is on the "to be read" pile).
I enjoyed Thierry Jonquet´s "Mygale". He is an exponent of
the hardboiled style of French noir that is inflected by
post-May 1968 politics and social critique. His crime novels
and children's books have garnered many literary
prizes.
Good reads are also two other books of Japrisot "The
Sleeping-Car Murders aka 10:30 from Marseille (Compartiment
tueurs, 1962)" and
"Trap for Cinderella (Pi觥 pour Cendrillon, 1962)". I highly
recommend "10:30 from Marseille" as a perfect whodonit.
One short footnote: The first noir novel of Manchette
"Laissez bronzer les cadavres (1971, co-written with
Jean-Pierre Bastid)" , unfortunately not translated in
English, was inspirated by Donald Westlake. In addition,
Manchette has translated a number of novels of Ross Thomas
and Donald Westlake as well as written several essays about
the two authors. Has anyone noticed the influence of these
two authors on Manchette novels?
> Any other French authors in the same vein who come
highly recommended?
Didier Daeninckx is a good example for the new generation of
French thriller writers (after Manchette). His novel "Murder
in Memoriam
(Meurtres pour m魯ire, 1984)" receives the France's
prestigious
"Grand Prix de litt鲡ture polici貥".
Jean-Bernard Pouy is the co-Creator of "Le Poulpe", along
with Patrick Raynal and Serge Quadruppani. Pouy receives a
number of prizes, such as "Grand Prix de la Ville de Reims
1986", Prix Polar 1989"; "Troph饊 813 du meilleur roman 1992",
"Prix Paul F鶡l 1996", and "Prix Polar Michel Lebrun 1999".
Unfortunately, there are no novel translated in
English.
Another French author is Daniel Pennac with his Malauss讥
novels. Translated are "The Fairy Gunmother (La f饠Carabine,
1987)", "Write to Kill (La petite Marchande de prose, 1989),
"Passion Fruit (Des chr鴩ens et des Maure, 1996)". Well worth
a read, even just for Pennac´s amazing style.
Claus
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