'The father of contemporary European detective fiction'Ann Cleeves'You see,I mainly work at night. I've ended up getting to know everybody. They're used to me in Pigalle,I exchange a few words with this person or that person. I go into the bars and cabarets where they give me a quarter bottle of Vichy without waiting for me to order anything.'An anonymous tip-off regarding the death of a restaurant owner sends Maigret into the world of Parisian nightlife,a notorious criminal gang and a man known as'the Flea'.This novel has been pubished in a previous translation as Maigret and the Flea.'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century'Guardian
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241304365Number of pages: 176Weight: 134 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mm
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One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century...Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside,though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his storiesA supreme writer...unforgettable vividnessThe most addictive of writers...a unique teller of tales
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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