Maigret is asked to the windswept, rainy border town of Givet by a young woman desperate to clear her family of murder. But their well-kept shop, the sleepy community and its raging river all hide their own mysteries.
Georges Simenon (Author)
Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, 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.
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
“The matchless French crime novelist.” —Adam Gopnik, The New
Yorker
“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
“An astute observer of human nature, writing in a spare and vivid
style.” —Amor Towles
“I never read contemporary fiction–with one exception: the works of
Simenon.” —T.S. Eliot
“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion
as with reason.” —John Le Carré
“One of the most important writers of our century.” —Gabriel García
Márquez
“A favorite writer of mine.” —Sigrid Nunez
“A great writer of detail, of atmosphere.” —Leïla Slimani
“Feels incredibly modern…A great writer.” —Ian Rankin
“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.” —Peter Ackroyd
“Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.” —John
Banville
"Gem-hard soul-probes . . . not just the world's
bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary
legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic
wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and
confessor" ―Times (London)
"Strangely comforting . . . so many lovely bistros from the
Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental, it's the food that
counts." ―Margaret Atwood
"One of the greatest writers of the 20th century . . . no
other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as
Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set
of characters - above all, an atmosphere." ―Financial Times
"Gripping . . . richly rewarding . . . You'll
quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each
mystery in turn." ―Stig Abell, The Sunday Times (London)
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