Georges Simenon was one of the world’s most prolific and best-selling authors when he was alive and he remains so today. Few of Simenon’s current readers, however, know that he not only lived in the United States for almost ten years but also set over a dozen novels here. But what...
Simenon’s romans Américains 22 October 2021 Georges Simenon was one of the world’s most prolific and best-selling authors when he was alive and he remains so today. Few of Simenon’s current readers, however, know that he not only lived in the United States for almost ten years but ...
The Jules Maigret series by Georges Simenon It’s hard to choose just one of these classic detective novels. Published between 1931 and 1972, Inspector Maigret’s investigations are compelling and easy to read, and are classics of French crime literature. This helpful Wikipedia page includes a ...
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PARIS —France mourned one of its most popular and prolific writers Wednesday as the body of Georges Simenon, author of more than 500 books, including the immensely successful Inspector Maigret detective series, was cremated in a family ceremony near his home in Lausanne, Switzerland. Simenon died...
A Man’s Head (Maigret 5) by Georges Simenon Mind games… Joseph Heurtin is due for the guillotine, so when he receives a smuggled note telling him how to escape from prison he jumps at the chance, goes over the wall and disappears into the night. Maigret, who was responsible for putt...
Georges Simenon, trans. by Howard Curtis Reminding myself that randomness exists helps keep me grounded. Otherwise, like any other human, I’d concoct some explanation for why Cupertino‘s favorite bookseller started offering me extremely cheap digital editions of mysteries at exactly the moment I ...
I read a lot of mysteries, by French, Irish, English, Japanese authors. I read a lot of Georges Simenon, though not the Inspector Maigret series. (I read the last of these—75 novels and three short-story collections—a few years back. Would that there were more.) Unusually for me, ...
THIS YEAR marks the centenary of Georges Simenon's birth in Liege, Belgium, and this month Penguin Modern Classics re-issues six of his Inspector Maigret crime novels. To celebrate the reappearance of the great detective, Penguin, the Belgian Tourist Office and The Independent are offering ...
SIMENON, Georges: The Engagement (B+) Red Lights (B+) The Strangers in the House (B+) Tropic Moon (B+) The Widow (B+) SOROKIN, Vladimir: Blue Lard (B) Ice (B+) SZABÓ Magda: Abigail (B+) The Door (B+) SZÉKELY János: Temptation (B+) SZERB Antal: Jo...