{"product_id":"like-a-sniper-lining-up-his-shot-9781606994481","title":"Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tardi\/Manchette team of West Coast Blues reunites for another brutal neo-noir classic. Like many of the greatest noir thrillers  Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot begins with a classic  even clichd set-up: Martin Terrier  the hired killer  needs just one more big job so that he can turn in his guns  return to his native village to find and marry his childhood sweetheart  and retire.  But nothing goes as expected  his last job turns out to be a set-up that results in a bloody shoot-out from which Terrier barely escapes with his life  and soon hes on the run from not only the authorities and his treacherous ex-bosses but also the members of a crime syndicate still seeking revenge for an earlier hit on one of theirs. (We wont even mention what they do to his cat.)  With Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot  Tardi  at the top of his form  once again puts his lushly efficient neo-clear-line style in the service of Manchettes gleefully brisk prose for a spectacularly dark  violent and fast-paced crime thriller that will delight fans of their previous collaboration  West Coast Blues.  (NOTE: Manchettes original 1981 novel  La Position du tireur couch  was released in English under the title The Prone Gunman by City Lights in 2001.) 104 pages of black-and-white comics\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45273168740405,"sku":"ByrdShop_1606994484","price":241.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781606994481.jpg?v=1780487032","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/like-a-sniper-lining-up-his-shot-9781606994481","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}