The Mad and the Bad | 
pickI finally read a novel! This was a fast-paced, violent French noir novel from the early 1970s. I wanted a different ending but it was a good book to read when filled with rage.
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pickI finally read a novel! This was a fast-paced, violent French noir novel from the early 1970s. I wanted a different ending but it was a good book to read when filled with rage.
I'm an adult. I can stay up as late as I want, eat cake for dinner & choose two books for my #March selection of #12Booksof2021 The truth is that I just can't choose between Manchette's bonkers crime novel & Tidhar's gritty retelling of Arthurian legends. @andrew65
pickManchette, founder of neo-polar literature (essentially French noir), offers readers a memorable & wild story. Thompson, a hitman for hire, is paid to kill two unlikely targets. Thompson has a stomach ulcer that is only relieved once his contract has been completed. Noir has been as much influenced by film as by other lit. I was not surprised in the least to read in the biographical note that Manchette himself had at one point supported himself👇
#7Days7Covers #CoverCrush Day 6
I just finished, & loved, Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon." I searched through my bookshelves for unread crime novels & this is what I ended with. (Cut off Manchette's "The Mad & the Bad" & Hammett's "The Thin Man.")
#riotgrams NYRB Classics has mastered the art of the cover. I've bought several without even reading the book's synopsis. #FavoriteCovers
#orangecovers
It was fun looking through my collection for books with orange, especially arguing with myself over when a book design color is more yellow than orange. (I'm looking at you Margaret Atwood's "Alias Grace.")
