Maigret struggles with an old rival in book twenty-four of the new Penguin Maigret series
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.
"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... marvelously readable - lucid, simple,
absolutely in tune with the works 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
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