Magnificent Octopus

Duras, in Écrire , deplores that too may books are lacking in freedom. She admonishes writers for acting like cops, whereas writing is a bre...

Jean-Patrick Manchette's The Mad and the Bad is a heart-pumping novel. Extremely violent. Damaged people. Hartog — architect, busines...

Funny how it takes reading a stylized French crime thriller of another era to learn a little about local history. The Mad and the Bad , by...

Aimee (not her real name) is a grifter. She's killed several times, for money and for justice. She is "the avenging angel of her ow...