Nada
A cell of 1970s French radicals kidnaps the American ambassador, and discovers the state is happy to let hostages die.
A cell of French radicals calling itself Nada kidnaps the American ambassador in Paris, and finds the state perfectly willing to let the hostage die if it means killing them all. Manchette wrote hard, fast political thrillers in the 1970s that used the machinery of noir to argue about the failure of the left, and this is the coldest and best of them.
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James Lasdun
Manchette drew on pulp and noir to create vehicles for grappling with serious societal issues. The result was a set of riveting political thrillers. Nada, about a group of 1970s radical leftists who plot to kidnap a U.S. ambassador, is his cynical but mind-blowing masterpiece.
Source · June 2026
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