At 19:31 13-08-03 -0400, you wrote:
>Oh, Jennifer mentioned a biography of Manchette. Am I
right to assume
>that hasn't been translated either? I mean if most of
his books haven't
>. . .
>Mark
Jennifer Howard is indeed briefly referring to Jean-Francois
Gerault who published in 2000 a very good biography of
Manchette, something that was lacking until then. It's about
100 pages thick, original paperback format: 'Jean-Patrick
Manchette - Parcours d'une oeuvre' - encrage- France. I doubt
it was translated in English yet.
On the other hand there was a very interesting special issue
of the French mystery lit (mainly HB/Noir) magazine POLAR, in
1997, as a tribute to this writer. This special issue (210
pages PBO format) was entirely devoted to JP Manchette (who
died in 1995), with some of his texts, letters, comments by
other French writers, reference to films...etc. Disappointing
because no complete factual study about Manchette's life and
itinerary was included, but it contained very good approaches
in analyzing some aspects of Manchette's works. A good
complement to the above book.
Maybe interesting that you know also that he was the
translator of many novels from English into French, including
works by authors as different as
: Westlake, Robert Littell, Margaret Millar, Alan Moore, Ross
Thomas... and more. He studied English in Paris'
Sorbonne.
Searching for some references about other subjects, I
stumbled this morning over a transcription I have of an old
TV program devoted to the contemporary French mystery writers
(it was in 1979- the program was
"Apostrophe" by Bernard Pivot, interviewer and producer).
This French TV program was normally devoted to mainstream
lit- min 90 min- and highly successful. This one from 1979
was assembling on the same stage : JP MANCHETTE, Lɏ MALET and
ADG (another great author)... and some more conventional
mystery authors. Interesting and very informative about these
3 writers. I saw it at the time. Mythic! Boileau and
Narcejac, the famous thriller "tandem" was there also, but
nobody was rude enough on that stage to openly remember to Mr
Narcejac his lame, idiotic and false analysis of the "roman
noir" and his future in his small book: "La fin d'un bluff"
(the end of a bluff)- 1949.
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
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