The Snow Was Dirty

A brilliant new translation of Simenon's critically acclaimed masterpiece. 'And always the dirty snow, the heaps of snow that look rotten, with black patches and embedded garbage ... unable to cover the filth.' Nineteen-year-old Frank - thug, thief, son of a brothel owner - gets by surprisingly well despite living in a city under military occupation, but a warm house and a full stomach are not enough to make him feel truly alive in such a climate of deceit and betrayal. During a bleak, unending winter, he embarks on a string of violent and sordid crimes that set him on a path from which he can never return. Georges Simenon's matchless novel is a brutal, compelling portrayal of a world without pity; a devastating journey through a psychological no-man's land. 'Among the best novels of the twentieth century' New Yorker 'An astonishing work' John Banville 'So noir it makes Raymond Chandler look beige' 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: Howard Curtis, Georges Simenon
• Assisted by: Howard Curtis (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.11.2016
• EAN: 9780241258569
• ISBN: 978-0-241-25856-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Belgische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), Crime & mystery, FICTION / Literary, Classic crime, Classic fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction, thriller; murder; detective; mystery; france; classic crime