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The Prone Gunman
Book by Jean-Patrick Manchette From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Prone Gunman (French: La Position du tireur couché) is a thriller novel written by Jean-Patrick Manchette, published in 1981 in the Série noire collection of éditions Gallimard.[1][2] It was translated into English by James Brook, and first published by City Lights in 2002.[3]
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In 2010, illustrator Jacques Tardi produced an illustrated adaptation of the book.[4] The novel also inspired the name for a musical group from Clermont-Ferrand.[5]
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Adaptations
In film
- Le Choc – French film directed by Robin Davis and starring Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve and Philippe Leotard
- The Gunman, American-French-Spanish movie directed by Pierre Morel and starring Sean Penn, Idris Elba and Javier Bardem.
Comics
- La Position du tireur couché – adaptation and drawings Jacques Tardi, from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, Futuropolis 2010, ISBN 9782754804295
- Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot – adaptation and drawings Jacques Tardi, from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, Fantagraphics Books 2011, ISBN 9781606994481
- Tardi, Jacques; Manchette, Jean-Patrick (9 November 2010). La position du tireur couché. Futuropolis. ISBN 978-2-7548-0934-4.
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References
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