Run Like Crazy Run like Hell

Run Like Crazy Run like Hell

In the latest Machette-Tardi neo-noir graphic novel, an industrialist hires a nanny out of an asylum, planning to use her as a scapegoat; then things go horribly wrong.
After the teeth-rattling, one-two punch of West Coast Blues and Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot, Jacques Tardi makes a third appointment with ace crime writer Jean-Patrick Manchette for his wildest adaptation yet. Michel Hartog, a rich industrialist, hires a troubled young woman, Julie, straight out of the psychiatric asylum to which she has been consigned for several years, to work as a nanny for his bratty nephew Peter. But Hartogâ€™s seemingly altruistic impulse to help rehabilitate a troubled soul hides a darker motive: He plans to stage a fake kidnapping of his nephew and use Julie as a scapegoat. Unfortunately for Hartog, Julie proves infinitely more tough and resourceful than he expected, the kidnapping goes horribly, bloodily wrong, and now Julie and Peter are on the run, pursued both by the police and by Hartogâ€™s goons, led by the aging but fantastically dangerous contract killer Thompson â€• one of Manchetteâ€™s most unforgettable creations, a golem of Terminator-like tenacity who is barely slowed down by physical punishment that would instantly kill a lesser man (he does not end the book with the same amount of eyes and feet as he started). As with the other Tardi/Manchette books, Run Like Crazy... is full of moments of pitch-black humor, and a strong current of socio-political satire runs beneath its bleak surface. Itâ€™s a ride to hell, but a devilishly fun one. Black & white
Country USA
Brand Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2015-02-08
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781606996201

Country	USA
Brand	Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2015-02-08
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781606996201

Run Like Crazy Run like Hell

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