The Prone Gunman
Book by Jean-Patrick Manchette
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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]
AuthorJean-Patrick Manchette
OriginaltitleLa Position du tireur couché
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Gallimard
 1998 Folio cover | |
| Author | Jean-Patrick Manchette |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Position du tireur couché |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Publication place | Paris |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 183 |
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]
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.
