Nada

Long live the revolution. To hell with its children. In Paris, the Nada gang - a small cell of left-wing radicals - hatch a plan: kidnap the U.S. ambassador. They''re armed, angry, and almost successful - but totally unprepared for what follows. The state moves fast and without mercy. As the crackdown begins, the group splinters under pressure - exposing cowardice, betrayal, and the thin line between radical idealism and outright nihilism. There will be no heroes - only casualties. Jean-Patrick Manchette skewers both the establishment and its would-be destroyers in this pitch-black political thriller. Nada is his most overtly radical work: a savage, stylish dissection of violence, ideology, and the wreckage left behind.

About the author

Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942–1995) was a crime novelist, screenwriter, critic, and translator. In 1971 he published his first novel and went on to establish a new genre of French novel, the neo-polar. Vintage Classics publishes his Fatale, Nada, No Room at the Morgue and Skeletons in the Closet.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Patrick Manchette, Manchette Jean-Patrick
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 05.02.2026
• EAN: 9781529977233
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-7723-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Classic crime, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Noir, Political / legal thriller, Paris (City), Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, c 1970 to c 1979, Classic crime and mystery fiction, FICTION / World Literature / France / 20th Century