# The N'Gustro Affair

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- Book: [The N'Gustro Affair](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-patrick-manchette/the-ngustro-affair) ([The N'Gustro Affair.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-patrick-manchette/the-ngustro-affair.md))
- Authors: [Jean-Patrick Manchette](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-patrick-manchette), [Donald Nicholson-Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-nicholson-smith)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-512-0
- Pages: 200
- Published: 2021-09-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The debut novel of a pioneering author of French crime thrillers. Mean, arrogant, naive, sadistic on occasion, the young Henri Butron records his life story on tape just before death catches up with him:...