{"product_id":"the-mad-and-the-bad-9781590177204","title":"The Mad and the Bad","description":"An NYRB Classics Original \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichel Hartog, a sometime architect, is a powerful businessman and famous philanthropist whose immense fortune has just grown that much greater following the death of his brother in an accident. Peter is his orphaned nephew--a spoiled brat. Julie is in an insane asylum. Thompson is a hired gunman with a serious ulcer. Michel hires Julie to look after Peter. And he hires Thompson to kill them. Julie and Peter escape. Thompson pursues. Bullets fly. Bodies accumulate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe craziness is just getting started. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike Jean-Patrick Manchette's celebrated \u003ci\u003eFatale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad and the Bad\u003c\/i\u003e is a clear-eyed, cold-blooded, pitch-perfect work of creative destruction.\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 07\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590177204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.10w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2014 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jean-Patrick Manchette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660818706588,"sku":"9781590177204","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ba4985d1-49f6-4f9e-92c3-bbb9863ffd20.jpg?v=1603897614","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mad-and-the-bad-9781590177204","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}