'There were some weeks that were painful,nerve-racking. At the office or at home,in the middle of a meal,he would suddenly find his forehead bathed in sweat,a tightness in his chest,and at those times,feeling everyone's eyes on him was unbearable.'During a chance meeting on the train from Venice to Paris,a stranger asks Justin Calmar to deliver a briefcase for him to an address in Switzerland. Soon this ordinary family man will become hopelessly,fatally,ensnared in a world of guilt,lies and paranoia.Originally published in 1965,shortly after Simenon moved into the new home he had built in épalinges,Switzerland,this chilling novel is a powerful exploration of the fragility of the human psyche.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241544228Number of pages: 176Weight: 134 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mm
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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