Forthcoming Books

Recently Released Books

Complete Catalog

How to Order Books

Manuscript Guidelines

Rights & Permissions

Desk & Review Copies

Contact Us

Sign up for the free City Lights eNewsletter!
Enter your Email here:


Search Citylights.com<




Kill the Indian, Save the Man

Mygale
by Thierry Jonquet
Translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith
0-87286-409-X
$11.95
Richard Lafargue, a well-known plastic surgeon, pursues and captures Vincent Moreau, who raped Lafargue’s daughter and left her hopelessly mad in an asylum. Lafargue is determined to exact an atrocious vengeance, and an ambiguous, even sadomasochistic relationship develops between self-apponted executioner and victim.
Read More>>


Kill the Indian, Save the Man

Almost Blue
by Carlo Lucarelli
ISBN: 0-87286-389-1
$11.95
A dynamic woman detective and a blind man pursue a bizarre killer through Bologna's post-punk underground
Read More>>


Kill the Indian, Save the Man

3 To Kill
by Jean Patrick Manchette
Translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith
0-87286-395-6
$11.95
Businessman Georges Gerfaut witnesses a murder—and is pursued by the killers. His conventional life knocked off the rails, Gerfaut turns the tables and sets out to track down his pursuers. And what does he discover along the way? Manchette—masterful stylist, ironist, and social critic—limns the cramped lives of professionals in a neo-conservative world.
Read More>>


Kill the Indian, Save the Man

The Prone Gunman
by Jean Patrick Manchette
Translated from the French by Jim Brook
0-87286-402-2
$11.95
Martin Terrier is a hired killer who wants out of the game—so he can settle down and marry his childhood sweetheart. After all, that’s why he took up this profession! But the Organization won't let him go: they have other plans. Once again, the gunman must assume the prone shooting position. A tour de force, this violent tale shatters as many illusions about life and politics as bodies.
Read More>>


Joe's Word

Joe’s Word
An Echo Park Novel
by Elizabeth Stromme
0-87286-425-1
$11.95
In Echo Park, a neighborhood at the wrong end of Sunset Boulevard, Joe, a loner, lives marginally. Ironically, he finds himself becoming more involved than he’d planned in the lives of his clients, linked to their dreams and to their despair, and in some cases to their dirty secrets.
Read More>>


All imagery and content copyright 2001-2005 City Lights - all rights reserved