'Compelling,remorseless,brilliant'John Gray
'He opened the door for her and watched her walk away down the huge corridor,then hesitate at the top of the stairs. Heads turned as she passed. You sensed she came from a different world,the world of the night,and there was something almost indecent about her in the harsh light of a winter's day'
A young cabaret dancer in a black silk dress leads Maigret into a seamy world of nightclubs,drug addiction and exploitation on the streets of Montmartre.
This novel has been published in previous translations as Maigret and the Strangled Stripper and Maigret in Montmartre.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241240281Number of pages: 192Weight: 145 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 11 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.'- Andre 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.'-Peter Ackroyd
'Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.'- John Banville
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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