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Maigret's Holiday - Maigret

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Zusatztext Praise for Georges Simenon: “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 Guardian “These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.” — The Washington Post “Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.” — People “I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.” —William Faulkner “The greatest of all! the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.” —André Gide “A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness.” — The Independent (London) “Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales.” — The Observer (London) “Compelling! remorseless! brilliant.” —John Gray “A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable—lucid! simple! absolutely in tune with the world he creates.” —Muriel Spark “A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.”lle —Peter Ackroyd “Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.” —John Banville Informationen zum Autor Georges Simenon Klappentext Georges Simenon (Author) Georges Simenon was born in Li¿, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. Zusammenfassung A local scandal intrudes on Maigret's seaside holiday in book twenty-eight of the new Penguin Maigret series. At what point in the day could the note have been slipped into his pocket, his left breast pocket? It was an ordinary sheet of glazed squared paper, probably torn out of an exercise book....

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Authors Ros Schwartz, Georges Simenon, Simenon Georges
Assisted by Ros Schwartz (Translation)
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 03.12.2015
 
EAN 9780141980744
ISBN 978-0-14-198074-4
No. of pages 208
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
Series Inspector Maigret
Penguin Classics
Inspector Maigret
Subjects Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage

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

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