Maigrets Memoirs

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101992549
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maigret's Memoirs written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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 A fictional autobiography of Maigret, Georges Simenon’s brilliant detective In this make-believe memoir, Maigret recounts a meeting with the author himself. The account starts with the arrival of Georges Sim, as he is called here, at the Paris Police Judiciaire to soak up atmosphere for his crime novels by dogging the footsteps of Inspector Maigret. The detective is irritated by the audacious young writer who names a character after him and argues that he oversimplifies, in his fiction, the intricate duties of the police investigating a case. Here, Maigret “sets the record straight,” telling readers how he’s different from the invention, and about his courtship and marriage to his beloved Louise. Ingeniously amusing and tender, Maigret’s Memoirs is a look inside the mind of the brilliant Maigret like never before.

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Avon Books
ISBN 13 : 9780380704125
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maigret's Memoirs written by Georges Simenon and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1989-04-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Maigret shows the ways of police work to a young writer and reveals his rural upbringing, his first assignment as a bicycle messenger, and how he wooed and won Madame Maigret

Author : Patrick Marnham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140139273
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man who Wasn't Maigret written by Patrick Marnham and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Penetrating, fully researched and very well written. It describes this extraordinarily productive literary genius at all stages of his life and adds to an understanding not only of Simenon's art, but the art of the novel itself.' - Muriel Spark in Scotland on Sunday

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014197673X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night at the Crossroads written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMA A new translation of Georges Simenon's sensational tale of deceit and back-stabbing in an isolated community, book six in the new Penguin Maigret series. 'She came forward, the outlines of her figure blurred in the half-light. She came forward like a film star, or rather like the ideal woman in an adolescent's dream. 'I gather you wish to talk to me, Inspector . . . but first of all please sit down . . .' Her accent was more pronounced than Carl's. Her voice sang, dropping on the last syllable of the longer words.' Maigret has been interrogating Carl Andersen for seventeen hours without a confession. He's either innocent or a very good liar. So why was the body of a diamond merchant found at his isolated mansion? Why is his sister always shut away in her room? And why does everyone at Three Widows Crossroads have something to hide? Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as Maigret at the Crossroads and The Crossroad Murders. '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

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 024130380X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maigret's Failure written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a self-made man appeals to Maigret for protection at his lavish home, a years-old grudge from the past resurfaces and the inspector finds himself questioning his own motives. Conflict rather than harmony probably reigned in eight out of ten of the still magnificent houses that surrounded the park. But he had rarely had the opportunity to breath such a strained atmosphere as the one between these walls. Everything seemed fake, grating, starting with the lodge of the concierge-cum-manservant, who was neither a concierge nor a manservant, despite his striped waistcoat, but a former poacher, a murderer turned guard dog. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville '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

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905712239
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maigret's Memoirs ; Maigret Takes a Room ; The Brothers Rico ; Maigret and the Burglar's Wife ; The Little Man from Archangel ; Maigret and the Minister ; Striptease ; The Premier ; Maigret in Society ; Maigret Loses His Temper written by Georges Simenon and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698151038
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pietr the Latvian written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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 In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster’s true identity Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives notice from Interpol that a notorious conman known only as Peitr the Latvian is en route to France. Armed with a broad description and a scant few clues, Maigret plans to intercept him at the train station outside Paris. But when he arrives, he finds that there are several suspects—some living, and some dead—who meet the description uncannily well. Who is Pietr the Latvian, truly? A vagrant, a seaman, a businessman, a corpse? Russian, Norwegian, American or Latvian? In Pietr the Latvian, the iconic first novel of Simenon’s classic series that made Inspector Maigret a legendary figure in the annals of detective fiction, Maigret must use his every instinct to unravel the mystery and track down the truth.

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241304148
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maigret's Patience written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maigret finds himself back on the Rue des Acacias just ten days after cracking another case there. This time it is the murder of a criminal Maigret has known for over twenty years and one he always suspected was behind a string of jewellery robberies in the city. Maigret's patience is tested as he eliminates neighbour by neighbour in his hunt for the murderer. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret Bides His Time. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville '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

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Harvest Books
ISBN 13 : 9780156551465
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maigret's Pipe written by Georges Simenon and published by Harvest Books. This book was released on 1994-10-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen stories feature Simenon's dauntless detective as he works on some baffling cases both from his base--Paris police headquarters on the Quai des Ortevres--and throughout the provinces.

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590175638
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Widow written by Georges Simenon and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Widow is the story of two outcasts and their fatal encounter. One is the widow herself, Tati. Still young, she’s never had an easy time of it, but she’s not the kind to complain. Tati lives with her father-in-law on the family farm, putting up with his sexual attentions, working her fingers to the bone, improving the property and knowing all the time that her late husband’s sister is scheming to kick her out and take the house back. The other is a killer. Just out of prison and in search of a new life, Jean meets up with Tati, who hires him as a handyman and then takes him to bed. Things are looking up, at least until Jean falls hard for the girl next door. The Widow was published in the same year as Camus’ The Stranger, and André Gide judged it the superior book. It is Georges Simenon’s most powerful and disturbing exploration of the bond between death and desire.