Act of Passion

Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590175549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility. Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.

Maigret in Court

Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141985925
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville They suddenly found themselves in an impersonal world, where everyday words no longer seemed to mean anything, where the most mundane details were translated into unintelligible formulae. The judges' black gowns, the ermine, the prosecutor's red robe further added to the impression of a ceremony set in stone where the individual counted for nothing Maigret receives an anonymous phone call concerning the brutal murder of a woman and young child. The tip off concerns the woman's nephew, a mild-mannered man by the name of Gaston Meurant. Maigret remains unconvinced of the man's guilt and at his trial exposes some shocking truths about Meurant's private life that may prove his innocence. '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 stories' Guardian

The Man who Wasn't Maigret

Author: Patrick Marnham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140139273
Category : Novelists, Belgian
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
'Penetrating, fully researched and very well written. It describes this extraordinarily productive literary genius at all stages of his life and adds to an understanding not only of Simenon's art, but the art of the novel itself.' - Muriel Spark in Scotland on Sunday

Red Lights

Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781590171936
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Tropic Moon

Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 159017111X
Category : Adultery
Languages : en
Pages : 155

Book Description
A young Frenchman, Joseph Timar, travels to Gabon carrying a letter of introduction from an influential uncle.

Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett

Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 139

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Simenon's Paris

Author: Frederick Franck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paris (France)
Languages : fr
Pages : 200

Book Description

The Bells of Bicêtre

Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Paralyzed and unable to speak, a newspaper publisher reviews his life from a hospital bed and is able to find a new understanding.

Maigret's Pipe

Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Harvest Books
ISBN: 9780156551465
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Seventeen stories feature Simenon's dauntless detective as he works on some baffling cases both from his base--Paris police headquarters on the Quai des Ortevres--and throughout the provinces.

Investigating Simenon

Author: Russell Campbell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476648271
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
For nearly a century, the work of Belgian crime writer and psychological novelist Georges Simenon, creator of Chief Inspector Maigret, has captivated readers worldwide. This investigation situates Simenon's work in its historical context and interprets it as a reaction to shifting gender relations in Western society. Simenon's compelling narratives capture the anxieties of men whose patriarchal position was under threat in an era of insurgent feminist movements. These concerns are also evident in Simenon's pervasive preoccupation with sexuality, as well as his political stance that stems from his petit-bourgeois upbringing. This groundbreaking study includes interwoven commentary on all 191 novels Simenon published under his own name, including several that have never been translated into English, as well as a number of short stories and several pseudonymous works.