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Set in the oppressively squalid streets of Paris, A Man's Head features Simenon's famed detective as he tracks a killer on the run, while the writer's sharp prose evokes the atmosphere of Parisian luxury hotels, seedy bars, and dark alleys.
About the author
Georges Simenon, geb. am 13. Februar 1903 in Liège/Belgien, begann nach abgebrochener Buchhändlerlehre als Lokalreporter. Nach einer Zeit in Paris als Privatsekretär eines Marquis wohnte er auf seinem Boot, mit dem er bis nach Lappland fuhr, Reiseberichte und erste Maigret-Romane verfassend. Schaffenswut und viele Ortswechsel bestimmten 30 Jahre lang sein Leben, bis er sich am Genfersee niederließ, wo er nach 75 Maigret-Romanen und über 120 Non-Maigrets beschloss, statt Romane ausgreifende autobiographische Arbeiten (wie die monumentalen Intimen Memoiren ) zu diktieren. Er starb am 4. September 1989 in Lausanne.
Report
'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.' - The Guardian
'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
'Superb... The most addictive of writers... A unique teller of tales' - The Observer
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.' - John Gray
'A truly wonderful writer... marvellously readable - lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the workd he creates' - Muriel Spark
'A novelist who entered his fictional world as it he were a part of it' - Peter Ackroyd
'Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century' - John Banville
