Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot
by Jacques Tardi, Jean Patrick Manchette
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"Martin Terrier, ice-cold mercenary-turned-contract-killer, has his future all mapped out: He has just executed what he intends to be his final job and is ready to move on to the next phase of his life, which involves discreet retirement accompanied by a long-lost girlfriend. But Terrier's employers are emphatically not pleased with his decision, old enemies begin to re-emerge, and soon Terrier is forced to once agian ply his brutal trade."--Cover, p. 4.Tags
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Another extremely hard boiled graphic novel adaptation by Tardi of a novel by Manchette. A well worn premise of a burnt out hit man completing what he planned to be his last assignment, being followed by his former employers, and eventually cornered into completing just one job -- which goes badly wrong. And a lot of bodies and mayhem along the way.
Like West Coast Blues, also a Tardi adaption of a Manchette novel, it works well in the relatively sparse black-and-white illustrations. And is probably a better way to experience the work than reading Manchette's actual novels, at least based on the one actual novel of his I've read.
Like West Coast Blues, also a Tardi adaption of a Manchette novel, it works well in the relatively sparse black-and-white illustrations. And is probably a better way to experience the work than reading Manchette's actual novels, at least based on the one actual novel of his I've read.
Contract killer Martin Terrier plans on completing one final assassination then retiring to a quiet life alongside his long lost girlfriend. As these things often go, his employers have a different idea. Reminiscent of the classic Michael Winner-helmed and Charles Bronson-starred The Mechanic, Tardi's follow up to his acclaimed adaptation of the Manchette crime novel [b:West Coast Blues|6621343|West Coast Blues|Jacques Tardi|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1251248786s/6621343.jpg|6815511], Like A Sniper Lining Up His Shot ([b:La Position du tireur couché|248681|The Prone Gunman (City Lights Noir)|Jean-Patrick Manchette|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173122416s/248681.jpg|240957]) delivers a superior sequential thriller. Violent, show more sexy, and littered with enough shocks to excite the most hardened crime fiction fan, Tardi once again produces one of the finest examples of the genre. show less
Another extremely hard boiled graphic novel adaptation by Tardi of a novel by Manchette. A well worn premise of a burnt out hit man completing what he planned to be his last assignment, being followed by his former employers, and eventually cornered into completing just one job -- which goes badly wrong. And a lot of bodies and mayhem along the way.
Like West Coast Blues, also a Tardi adaption of a Manchette novel, it works well in the relatively sparse black-and-white illustrations. And is probably a better way to experience the work than reading Manchette's actual novels, at least based on the one actual novel of his I've read.
Like West Coast Blues, also a Tardi adaption of a Manchette novel, it works well in the relatively sparse black-and-white illustrations. And is probably a better way to experience the work than reading Manchette's actual novels, at least based on the one actual novel of his I've read.
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Mar 6, 2013 (Edited)French
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- Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot
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- La Position du tireur couché
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- French
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- This is the graphic novel adaptation by Jacques Tardi. Please do not combine with the original novel.
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