'Read him at your peril,avoid him at your loss'Sunday TimesCaptainLannec has finally managed to buy his own ship with thefinancial helpof his in-laws,the Pitards - and they've never let himforget it.When his temperamental wife Mathilde insists on coming alongon theship's first voyage,Lannec becomes increasingly unnerved by her presence,especially when he receives an anonymous note saying he won't make it back to port. As they hit a storm in the Atlantic,jealousy,spite,snobbery and suspicion are churned up in the boat's stiflingly close quarters...First published in 1935,The Pitardswas one of the first novels Simenon wrote when he shelved his famousMaigret series in order to strike out in a new direction and make a namefor himself as a literary writer. This gripping evocation of life atsea revolves around class and the tense unravelling of relationships,powerful themes that Simenon would return to throughout his writingcareer.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241325476Number of pages: 144Weight: 112 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 8 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 the brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.Fierce,bleak and compellingly written...with pitiless landscapes of hopeless longing,random cruelty and galloping fate warmed only by the twilit lyricism of doomed desire. These are novels of eye-opening,spine-tingling control and intensity.The romans durs are extraordinary: tough,bleak,offhandedly violent,suffused with guilt and bitterness,redolent of place...utterly unsentimental,frightening in the pitilessness of their gaze,yet wonderfully entertaining.A supreme writer...unforgettable vividness.Oneof 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 storiesFierce,bleak and compellingly written...with pitiless landscapes of hopeless longing,random cruelty and galloping fate warmed only by the twilit lyricism of doomed desire. These are novels of eye-opening,spine-tingling control and intensity.The romans durs are extraordinary: tough,bleak,offhandedly violent,suffused with guilt and bitterness,redolent of place...utterly unsentimental,frightening in the pitilessness of their gaze,yet wonderfully entertainingA supreme writer...unforgettable vividness
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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