| Le deuxième souffle | |
| Author: | José Giovanni |
| Orig Lang Code: | fr |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Publisher: | Éditions Gallimard |
| Pub Date: | 1958 |
| Pages: | 253 |
Le deuxième souffle is a 1958 novel by the French writer José Giovanni. It is about the aging French gangster Gustave "Gu" Minda who escapes from prison and becomes entangeled 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.[1]
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.[2] [3]