{"product_id":"command-performance-paperback","title":"Command Performance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Echenoz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Polizzotti\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling, inventive, playful, and unorthodox detective and caper novel, the latest work by a French master. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fans of Jean-Patrick Manchette's deadpan irony will appreciate \u003ci\u003eCommand Performance\u003c\/i\u003e, Echenoz's vibrant, playful homage to the hard-boiled genre, which plays like \u003ci\u003eThe Big Lebowski\u003c\/i\u003e on the Seine.\" \u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerard Fulmard is a loser. A disgraced former flight attendant, he attempts the m?tier of private detective, with spectacularly disastrous results, then begins working for an obscure political groupuscule beset by an outsized share of infighting and backroom maneuvering. At first employed as an enforcer, Fulmard is then co-opted by one of the party's less savory factions, sinking in deeper and deeper until he finds himself the reluctant assassin of the party's own leader--and that's when things really start going downhill. Meanwhile, projectiles crash down from the sky, corpses turn up in perfect health, main characters suffer sudden death, and nothing is as it seems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCommand Performance\u003c\/i\u003e, Jean Echenoz, one of France's most respected contemporary writers, toys with the tropes of genre fiction and high literature, displaying the twists of plot and turns of phrase that have become his signature, and that have made him, in the words of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \"the most distinctive voice of his generation and the master magician of the contemporary French novel.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Echenoz\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1947 in Vaucluse, France. He is the author of more than a a dozen novels, including \u003ci\u003eCherokee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDouble Jeopardy, Chopin's Move\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Blondes, Piano\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRavel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRunning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLightning, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpecial Envoy\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has received a great number of literary prizes, among them the Prix Goncourt, the Prix M?dicis, and the European Literature Jeopardy Prize. He lives in Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Polizzotti\u003c\/b\u003e has translated over fifty books from the French, including Arthur Rimbaud's \u003ci\u003eThe Drunken Boat: Selected Writings \u003c\/i\u003e(NYRB Poets), and is the author of twelve books, including \u003ci\u003eRevolution of the Mind: The Life of Andr? Breton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Surrealism Matters\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263383617785,"sku":"9781681378558","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/yj4AR4ZuKN9781681378558.webp?v=1768818469","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/command-performance-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}