Manchette

"Ivory Pearl" is the final work by the French master of noir fiction, Jean-Patrick Manchette. But this wide-reaching geopolitical thriller, blending action and adventure, was only known to readers in its unfinished form, as written by Manchette before his passing in 1995. Now, using his fathers notes, Doug Headline has finally put together the full tale, alongside artist Max Cabanes. Together, they have brought Ivory Pearl to vivid life in a graphic novel not to be missed.

"Ivory Pearl" is the final work by the French master of noir fiction, Jean-Patrick Manchette. But this wide-reaching geopolitical thriller, blending action and adventure, was only known to readers in its unfinished form, as written by Manchette before his passing in 1995. Now, using his fathers notes, Doug Headline has finally put together the full tale, alongside artist Max Cabanes. Together, they have brought Ivory Pearl to vivid life in a graphic novel not to be missed.

Un joven normal... con dos copas de más, sobrepasando peligrosamente los límites de velocidad en un barrio de la periferia. Un joven normal... que ha matado a dos hombres. Un joven normal... envuelto en una espiral de violencia de la que es imposible escapar. Jacques Tardi, uno de los dibujantes que mejor ha adaptado la novela policiaca al noveno arte, reescribe balada de la costa oeste, a partir de la obra original de Manchette, para crear un comic que investiga los limites de la libertad y la violencia.

France, 1975. Eugène Tarpon, détective privé de son état, accepte de rechercher une jeune aveugle disparue, Philippine, à la demande de Marthe, la mère de cette dernière. Lorsque Philippine lui écrit