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My Friend Maigret (Pocket Penguin Classics)

My Friend Maigret (Pocket Penguin Classics)

by Georges Simenon (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.43

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    Paperback 2003

    $9.90
Synopsis

Maigret is going about his work in rainy Paris, followed around by Inspector Pyke who has come from Scotland Yard to study the famous French detective's methods. Routine is disturbed when Maigret receives a telephone call from the island of Porquerolles off the Mediterranean coast. A small-time crook has been murdered, the night after he had fervently declared his friendship with Maigret in front of a large group of the island's inhabitants. Maigret and Inspector Pyke leave the greyness of Paris for the sunshine of Porquerolles, where Simenon creates a wonderfully evocative atmosphere of the square and cafe, the brilliant sea, the humidity in the air, and the life and individuality of each of the inhabitants on the small island.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Edition: paperback / softback
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 29 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 0141025867
ISBN 13: 9780141025865

Media Reviews
These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.
The Washington Post
Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.
People
Simenon created one of the great moral detectives . . . a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind.
John Mortimer
A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal.
P. D. James
Simenon created some of the most enduring and compelling works of the twentieth century.
Iain Pears
aThese Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.a
a The Washington Post
aMaigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.a
a People
aSimenon created one of the great moral detectives . . . a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind.a
aJohn Mortimer
aA writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal.a
aP. D. James
aSimenon created some of the most enduring and compelling works of the twentieth century.a
aIain Pears
These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.
- The Washington Post

Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.
- People

Simenon created one of the great moral detectives . . . a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind.
-John Mortimer

A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal.
-P. D. James

Simenon created some of the most enduring and compelling works of the twentieth century.
-Iain Pears
Author Bio
Georges Simenon was born at Liege in Belgium in 1903. He published over 160 books and his work has been admired by almost all the leading French and English critics. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages and more than 40 have been filmed.