by Jean-Patrick Manchette · RBA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490063460
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«El caso N'Gustro» is the crime novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, published by RBA in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Henri Butron, an immoral and ambitious ex-mercenary, traffics for governments of corrupt postcolonial African republics. His business is in danger when he crosses paths with N'Gustro, an idealist who involves him in a matter that threatens his life.
The novel, based on the real case of the 1965 disappearance of Pan-African politician Ben Barka, is part of RBA's Crime Novel collection. Translated by Ramón de España.
For readers of classic noir fiction seeking a socially engaged crime novel.
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties, and is widely recognized as the foremost French crime fiction author of that period. His stories are violent explorations of the human condition and French society. Manchette was politically to the left and his writing reflects this through his analysis of social positions and culture.
