'The father of contemporary European detective fiction'Ann Cleeves'Just take a look,'Duclos said in an undertone,pointing to the scene all round them,the picture-book town,with everything in itsplace,like ornaments on the mantlepiece of a careful housewife...'Everyone here earns his living. Everyone's more or less content. Andabove all,everyone keeps his instincts under control,because that's the rule here,and a necessity if people want to live in society.'When a French professor visiting the quiet,Dutch coastal town of Delfzjilis accused of murder,Maigret is sent to investigate. The community seemhappy to blame an unknown outsider,but there are people much closer to home who seem to know much more than they're letting on: Beetje,the dissatisfied daughter of a local farmer,Amy van Elst,sister-in-law of the deceased and a notorious local crook.This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Holland.'Compelling,remorseless,brilliant'John Gray'One of thegreatest writers of the twentieth century'Guardian
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141393490Number of pages: 160Weight: 123 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mm
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Praise for Georges Simenon:"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century... Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside,though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories."-The Guardian "These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself."-The Washington Post "Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals."-People "I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov."-William Faulkner "The greatest of all,the most genuine novelist we have had in literature."-André Gide "A supreme writer... Unforgettable vividness."-The Independent (London) "Superb... The most addictive of writers... A unique teller of tales."-The Observer (London) "Compelling,remorseless,brilliant."-John Gray "A truly wonderful writer... Marvelously readable-lucid,simple,absolutely in tune with the world he creates."-Muriel Spark "A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it."lle -Peter Ackroyd "Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century."-John Banville"Gem-hard soul-probes...not justthe world's bestselling detective series,butan imperishable literary legend...he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry,but by the melded powers of therapist,philosopher and confessor" ―Times (London)"Strangely comforting...so many lovely bistros from the Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental,it's the food that counts." ―Margaret Atwood"One of the greatest writers of the 20th century...no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does...the conjuring of a world,a place,a time,a set of characters - above all,an atmosphere." ―Financial Times"Gripping. . .richly rewarding...You'll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn."- Stig Abell ―The Sunday Times (London)
Georges Simenon
Staggeringly prolific and stylistically revolutionary,French author Georges Simenon is the creator of Inspector Maigret and one of the most significant crime writers in literary history.
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