{"product_id":"the-gangsters-paperback","title":"The Gangsters - 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\u003eHerve Guibert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Weitzman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJanique Vigier\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh edition of the novel that expands upon the autofictional world introduced in Guibert's cult classic, \u003ci\u003eSuzanne and Louise\u003c\/i\u003e (1980)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHervé Guibert's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e opens at the front door of a Paris townhouse inhabited by the narrator's elderly great-aunts, Suzanne and Louise. The narrator, distracted by a health crisis and his pursuit of an ambivalent lover, arrives to find suspicious renovation work taking place. But even after the great-aunts confess to being intimidated and extorted, neither he nor the incompetent police can stop the ongoing larceny. Readers of Guibert's writing may already recognize the narrator (also named Hervé) and his great-aunts from the groundbreaking photo-novel \u003ci\u003eSuzanne and Louise\u003c\/i\u003e (1980). Like his other books, \u003ci\u003eThe Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of autofiction. Here, he uses the crime-novel format to explore universal motifs, such as cruelty, desire and mortality. \"When I disappear,\" Guibert continued, \"I will have said it all. I will have striven to reduce this distance between the truths of experience and writing.\" Originally published in 1988, \u003ci\u003eThe Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e was his first book to be translated into English. This new edition from Magic Hour features Iain White's original translation and a new afterword by the writer Janique Vigier.\u003cbr\u003eAstoundingly prolific, the French writer and photographer \u003cb\u003eHervé Guibert\u003c\/b\u003e (1955-91) authored 25 books and published numerous texts on photography. Memorialized as a leading exponent of French autofiction, Guibert rose to acclaim for his bestselling AIDS novel, \u003ci\u003eTo the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1990).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452251222265,"sku":"9781069670311","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/XyHXio8Ajg9781069670311.webp?v=1779947614","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-gangsters-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}