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Il arrêta le camion plein de paniers de moules en face du bistrot où l'on lisait, sur la façade, les mots Chez Mimile en lettres jaunes. Par l'autre portière, Doudou le Muet descendit en même temps que lui et le suivit sans bruit, comme sans déplacer d'air, pieds nus, les jambes du pantalon de toile bleue haut troussées, comme d'habitude.

Lieja, Bélgica (1903 ). Georges Simenon entra, en 1919, como reportero en La Gazette de Liège. En 1921, publica su primera novela, Le Pont des Arches. Al año siguiente, parte hacia París, donde empie

"D'improvviso ci si trovava immersi in un universo spersonalizzato, dove leparole di tutti i giorni erano come monete fuori corso, dove i fatti piuquotidiani si traducevano in formule oscure. La toga nera dei giudici,l'ermellino, la toga rossa dell'avvocato generale accentuavano ancor piuquell'impressione di rituale immutabile dove l'individuo veniva annullato."Eppure il presidente Bernerie conduceva i dibattimenti con la massimapazienza e umanita. Non metteva fretta ai testimoni, non li interrompevaquando sembravano dilungarsi in dettagli inutili. "Con altri magistrati, piurigidi, a Maigret era capitato di stringere i pugni per la stizza el'impotenza. "Anche oggi sapeva di aver dato solo un riflesso spento,schematico, della realta. Tutto cio che aveva appena detto era vero, ma nonera riuscito a far sentire il peso delle cose, la loro intensita, il lorofremito, il loro odore".

New York, notte. Un uomo e una donna camminano lungo la Quinta Strada. Entrano in un bar. Ne escono. Un altro bar. Come se non potessero fare altro che camminare. Come se la notte non dovesse mai finire. Lui non sa niente di lei, lei non sa niente di lui. Sono come due naufraghi, e ora "sono così tenacemente avvinti l'uno all'altro che la sola idea della separazione risulta loro intollerabile". Un grande maestro del giallo si lascia scoprire come romanziere della passione.

"Il sottoscritto, Lucien Gobillot, nel pieno possesso delle sue facoltà mentali..." No, non è così che bisognava cominciare: così si cominciano i testamenti. Già. Ma allora, perché scrivere quella specie di memoriale? Per chi? "In caso di disgrazia. Nell'eventualità che le cose finissero male". E come altro sarebbe potuta finire quella storia? Era cominciata un anno prima, quando Yvette, quella puttanella insieme cinica e fragile, furba e innocente, era andata a chiedergli di assumere la sua difesa, la sua e quella dell'amica con la quale aveva tentato di rapinare un orefice riuscendo solo a mandarne la moglie all'ospedale...

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This is a new translation of Georges Simenon's novel set in claustraphobic provincial town, book eighteen in the new Penguin Maigret series. Cars drove past along with the trucks and trams, but by now Maigret had realised that they were not important. Whatever roared by like this along the road was not part of the landscape...What really counted was the lock, the hooting of the tugs, the stone crusher, the barges and the cranes, the two pilots' bars and especially the tall house where he could make out Ducrau's red chair framed by a window. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as The Lock at Charenton. "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 Liege, 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.

This is a new translation of Georges Simenon's devastating novel set on the French Riviera, book seventeen in the new Penguin Maigret series. It had a smell of holidays. The previous evening, in Cannes harbour, with the setting sun, had also had the smell of holidays, especially the Ardena, whose owner swaggered in front of two girls with gorgeous figures. Dazzled at first by the glamour of sunny Antibes, Maigret soon finds himself immersed in the less salubrious side of the Riviera as he retraces the final steps of a local eccentric. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret on the Riviera. "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 Liege, 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.

«M. Bédavent, le commissaire de police, était installé, selon son habitude, dans son fauteuil-hamac et des rideaux de bambou ne laissaient venir jusqu’à lui que de minces filets horizontaux de soleil

The first annual omnibus edition in the new Penguin Inspector Maigret series, comprising four titles from the series so far: Pietr the Latvian, The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien, The Carter of La Providence and The Grand Banks Cafe. Additional material includes the original French first edition covers, art directed by Georges Simenon himself.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' IndependentGeorges Simenon was born in Liege, 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.

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' IndependentGeorges Simenon was born in Liege, 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.