Le deuxième souffle (lit. 'The Second Wind') is a 1958 crime novel by the French writer José Giovanni.
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Plot summary
It is about the aging French gangster Gustave "Gu" Minda who escapes from prison and becomes entangled in a plot to rob a security van in Marseille. It was Giovanni's second novel, and was published in the Série noire collection of éditions Gallimard.
Adaptations
The novel is the basis for the 1966 film Le deuxième souffle directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and its 2007 remake The Second Wind directed by Alain Corneau.