Pietr the Latvian - Maigret

b>b>“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 Guardianbr>/b>/b>br>b>In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudsterb>’/b>s true identity/b>br>br>Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives notice from Interpol that a notorious conman known only as Peitr the Latvian is en route to France. Armed with a broad description and a scant few clues, Maigret plans to intercept him at the train station outside Paris. But when he arrives, he finds that there are several suspects--some living, and some dead--who meet the description uncannily well.br>br>Who is Pietr the Latvian, truly? A vagrant, a seaman, a businessman, a corpse? Russian, Norwegian, American or Latvian? In Pietr the Latvian, the iconic first novel of Simenon’s classic series that made Inspector Maigret a legendary figure in the annals of detective fiction, Maigret must use his every instinct to unravel the mystery and track down the truth.

Product details

• Authors: David Bellos, Georges Simenon, Simenon Georges
• Assisted by: David Bellos (Translation), Bellos David (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.11.2013
• EAN: 9780141392738
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139273-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 199 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Inspector Maigret; Penguin Classics; Inspector Maigret
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Belgische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Classics, Classic crime, Classic fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction