The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a belljar under the sun,the scorpion in his son's bed,the deafening sound of cicadas.
During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles Dr Mahe caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him,he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him. This is the first English translation of The Mahe Circle, Simenon's dark,malevolent depiction of an ordinary man trapped in mundanity and consumed by obsession.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141394169Number of pages: 160Weight: 123 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 8 mm
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'One of Georges Simenon's most powerful roman durs - the non-Maigret novels in which ordinary lives are suddenly,and at times seemingly inexplicably,unsettled and irrevocably changed. Written in Simenon's spare signature style,it's unputdownably gripping'- John Gray,Guardian
'Sublime...as good,in its unforced and unemphatic way,as anything in Proust or even Flaubert... a sort of masterpiece'- John Banville,New York Review of Books
'Extraordinary...Simenon is one of the most important writers of the 20th century...In 150 high-pressure pages,it gives insights into the world,the mind and the horrible frustration of a French country doctor that most writers would struggle to convey with 10 times the word-count'- Sam Jordison,Independent
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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