A new translation of this chilling novel, set on the Belgian border. Book fourteen in the new Penguin Maigret series.
She wasn''t an ordinary supplicant. She didn''t lower her eyes. There was nothing humble about her bearing. She spoke frankly, looking straight ahead, as if to claim what was rightfully hers.
''If you don''t agree to look at our case, my parents and I will be lost, and it will be the most hateful legal error...''
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.
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels.
''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray
''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'' Guardian
''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' Independent
Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, 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.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141394770
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 160
Tiempo de lectura:
3h 14m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/01/2014
Año de edición: 2014
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Georges Simenon
Nacido en 1903 en Lieja (Bélgica), Georges Simenon se curtió como reportero de prensa y como autor de novelas populares escritas con pseudónimo. En 1931 publicó, por primera vez con su propio nombre, Pietr, el Letón, una novela que presentaba al imperturbable comisario de policía parisino Jules Maigret, personaje que retomó en novelas y relatos a lo largo de las cuatro décadas siguientes, mientras su obra más amplia iba forjando su reputación como uno de los escritores fundamentales del siglo. Viajero intrépido, con un profundo interés en la gente, Simenon se esforzó en su escritura y en su vida por comprender -sin juzgar- la condición humana en todos sus matices. Sus libros figuran entre los más leídos del canon mundial.