The Venice Train

There were some weeks that were painful, nerve-racking. At the office or at home, in the middle of a meal, he would suddenly find his forehead bathed in sweat, a tightness in his chest, and at those times, feeling everyone''s eyes on him was unbearable.''br>br>When an unusually inquisitive stranger strikes up conversation with Justin Calmar on the train home from a family holiday, his sun-drenched memories are overshadowed by an event that will change his life forever. As he travels alone through northern Italy and Switzerland, his carefully constructed life as an upright citizen begins to unravel, revealing secret motivations and hidden impulses that threaten to overwhelm him.br>br>Originally published in 1965, shortly after Simenon moved into the spacious new home he had built in Epalinges, Switzerland, this chilling novel is a powerful exploration of the fragility of the human psyche.>

Product details

• Authors: Georges Simenon
• Assisted by: Ros Schwartz (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.06.2022
• EAN: 9780241544228
• ISBN: 978-0-241-54422-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Classic crime, Fiction in translation, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, murder; murder mystery; good books; fiction; classics books