The Misty Harbour (Inspector Maigret Book 15)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (519 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00OQSF976 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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This novel has been published in a previous translation as Death of a Harbour Master.'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.' - The Guardian 'A supreme writer unforgettable vividness.' - The IndependentFrom the Trade Paperback edition.. A new translation of Georges Simenon's gripping tale of lost identity. All identifying labels have been removed. Five crisp thousand-franc bills have been slipped into one of his pockets.A distressed man is found wandering the streets of Paris, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. No identification papers. No wallet. His suit is new, his underwear is new, his shoes are new. The answers lead Maigret to a small harbour town, whose quiet citizens conceal a poisonous malice.Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. Book sixteen in the new Penguin Maigret series.A man picked up for wandering in obvious distress among the cars and buses on the Grands Boulevards. Questioned in French, he remains mute A madman? In Maigret's office, he is searched
Perhaps not the best, but good enough Arturo V. Vacano Another Simenon Perhaps not the best, but good enough.. barbara lawrence said Genius. Th man was a genius at plot planning and all in all a great writer. Mary B. said A slice of life in a Breton village. I've been a big fan of the Maigret books for decades, and I'm thrilled that new translations are being done. Like all of Simenon's books, this one is short, almost a novella, and a very quick read.The book begins oddly, with the translator flipping around between the past and the present tense in
‘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
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.