{"product_id":"no-room-at-the-morgue-9781681374185","title":"No Room at the Morgue","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by the works of Dashiell Hammett, \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue \u003c\/i\u003eis Jean-Patrick Manchette's unparalleled take on the private eye novel -- fierce, politically inflected, and finely rendered by the haunting, pitch-black prose for which the author is famed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue \u003c\/i\u003ecame out after Jean-Patrick Manchette had transformed French crime fiction with such brilliantly plotted, politically charged, unrelentingly violent tales as \u003ci\u003eNada \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Mad and the Bad\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, inspired by his love of Dashiell Hammett, Manchette introduces Eugene Tarpon, private eye, a sometime cop who has set up shop after being kicked off the force for accidentally killing a political demonstrator. Months have passed, and Tarpon desultorily tries to keep in shape while drinking all the time. No one has shown up at the door of his office in the midst of the market district of Les Halles. Then the bell rings and a beautiful woman bursts in, her hands dripping blood. It's Memphis Charles, her roommate's throat has been cut, and Memphis can't go to the police because they'll only suspect her. Can Tarpon help? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Well, somehow he can't help trying. Soon bodies mount, and the craziness only grows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681374185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Jean-Patrick Manchette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36665551421596,"sku":"9781681374185","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_24a6f618-0bbe-41f9-a06c-9690855665d0.jpg?v=1603909807","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/no-room-at-the-morgue-9781681374185","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}