{"product_id":"nada-9781681373171","title":"NADA","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis tour de force political thriller, told in Manchette's signature noir style, follows a group of far left extremists in the throes of post-1968 disillusionment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The thrill of 1968 is long over, and the heavy fog of the 1970s has settled in. In Paris, however, the Nada gang--or groupuscule--still retains a militant attachment to its revolutionary dreams. Bringing together an anarchist orphaned by the Spanish Civil War, a Communist veteran of the French resistance, a frustrated high-school teacher of philosophy, a timid office worker, a terminal alcoholic, and one uncompromising young woman with a house in the country, Nada sets out to kidnap the American ambassador and issue a call to arms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What could possibly go wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Patrick Manchette\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-1995) was a crime novelist, screenwriter, critic, and translator. In 1971 he published his first novel and went on to establish a new genre of French novel, the neo-polar. NYRB Classics publishes his \u003ci\u003eFatale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad and the Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIvory Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Nicholson-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e has translated Manchette's \u003ci\u003eFatale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad and the Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIvory Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Jean-Paul Clebert's \u003ci\u003eParis Vagabond\u003c\/i\u003e for NYRB Classics, and Yvan Alagbe's \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e and Nicole Claveloux's \u003ci\u003eThe Green Hand and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e for NYR Comics. He lives in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Sante \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eLow Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvidence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Factory of Facts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKill All Your Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFolk Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. She translated Félix Fénéon's \u003ci\u003eNovels in Three Lines\u003c\/i\u003e and has written introductions to several other NYRB Classics, including \u003ci\u003eClassic Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e by William Roug­head and \u003ci\u003ePedigree\u003c\/i\u003e by Georges Simenon. A frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, she teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634917183762,"sku":"9781681373171","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a9d6a2f-3fbe-430a-b3cf-fb327f84c9a3.jpg?v=1732824937","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nada-9781681373171","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}