{"product_id":"skeletons-in-the-closet-9781681377605","title":"Skeletons in the Closet","description":"\u003cb\u003eEugéne 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSex, drugs, and . . . murder. Private eye Eugène Tarpon (previously seen in Jean-Patrick Manchette's \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e) returns for another punishing round against the forces of greed and malfeasance. Along the way he drags his only friends, Charlotte Malrakis and Jean-Baptiste Haymann, through some gruesome episodes of their own. In \u003ci\u003eSkeletons in the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e, Manchette aims his dark humor at corruption at the highest \"spiritual\" and political levels. A savage page-turner with a heart.\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 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681377605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Jean-Patrick Manchette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124489289909,"sku":"9781681377605","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_46661a74-6974-4160-81ee-3386459f8b5f.jpg?v=1694553114","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/skeletons-in-the-closet-9781681377605","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}