Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publish date: 5 February 2026
Pages: 208
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Subjects: Fiction, Classics, Literary, Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled, Thrillers, Political, Noir, World Literature, France, 20th Century
Long live the revolution. To hell with its children.
In Paris, the Nada gang - a small cell of left-wing radicals - hatch a plan: kidnap the U.S. ambassador. They're armed, angry, and almost successful - but totally unprepared for what follows.
The state moves fast and without mercy. As the crackdown begins, the group splinters under pressure - exposing cowardice, betrayal, and the thin line between radical idealism and outright nihilism. There will be no heroes - only casualties.
Jean-Patrick Manchette skewers both the establishment and its would-be destroyers in this pitch-black political thriller. Nada is his most overtly radical work: a savage, stylish dissection of violence, ideology, and the wreckage left behind.
