{"product_id":"9781590177204","title":"The Mad and the Bad","description":"By: Jean-Patrick Manchette     \u003chr\u003eAn NYRB Classics Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe craziness is just getting started. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46767808282851,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781590177204","price":115.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781590177204.jpg?v=1751562182","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9781590177204","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}