Prone Gunman

Martin Terrier is a hired killer who wants out of the game sohe can settle down and marry his childhood sweetheart, Anne. After all, that'swhy he took up this profession in the first place. But the organization won'tlet him go-they have other, more deadly plans for him. There's a visitingpolitician, an Arab oil magnate, whom they want assassinated, and Terrier is theirman. Once again, the gunman must assume the prone shooting position-but noteverything goes according to plan.A tour de force, this violent tale shatters as manyillusions about life and politics as it does bodies. It is perhaps the finestwork from the pen of Jean-Patrick Manchette.