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A Crime in Holland - Maigret

English · Paperback

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A new translation of Georges Simenon's novel set in a tranquil town on the dutch coast, book seven in the new Penguin Maigret series . 'Just take a look,' Duclos said in an undertone, pointing to the scene all round them, the picture-book town, with everything in its place, like ornaments on the mantlepiece of a careful housewife . . . 'Everyone here earns his living. Everyone's more or less content. And above all, everyone keeps his instincts under control, because that's the rule here, and a necessity if people want to live in society' When a French professor visiting the quiet, Dutch coastal town of Delfzjil is accused of murder, Maigret is sent to investigate. The community seem happy to blame an unknown outsider, but there are people much closer to home who seem to know much more than they're letting on: Beetje, the dissatisfied daughter of a local farmer, Any van Elst, sister-in-law of the deceased and a notorious local crook. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Holland . 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray '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 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent

About the author










Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge, the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

Product details

Authors Sian Reynolds, Georges Simenon, Simenon Georges
Assisted by Sian Reynolds (Translation), Siân Reynolds (Translation)
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 01.05.2014
 
EAN 9780141393490
ISBN 978-0-14-139349-0
No. of pages 160
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
Series Inspector Maigret
Penguin Classics
Inspector Maigret
Subjects Fiction > Suspense

Belgische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, Classic crime, Classic fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction

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