The Hand

A new translation of George Simenon''s taut, devastating psychological novel set in American suburbia. The inspiration for the new play by award-winning playwright David Hare.br>br>''I had begun, God knows why, tearing a corner off of everyday truth, begun seeing myself in another kind of mirror, and now the whole of the old, more or less comfortable truth was falling to pieces''br>br>Confident and successful, New York advertising executive Ray Sanders takes what he wants from life. When he goes missing in a snow storm in Connecticut one evening, his closest friend begins to reassess his loyalties, gambling Ray''s fate and his own future.br>br>''The romans durs are extraordinary: tough, bleak, offhandedly violent, suffused with guilt and bitterness, redolent of place . . . utterly unsentimental, frightening in the pitilessness of their gaze, yet wonderfully entertaining'' John Banvillebr>br>''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'' Guardianbr>br>''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' Independen>

Product details

• Authors: Linda Coverdale, Georges Simenon
• Assisted by: Linda Coverdale (Translation), Coverdale Linda (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780241284650
• ISBN: 978-0-241-28465-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Inspector Maigret; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Belgische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), Classic fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary