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Maigret's First Case: Inspector Maigret #30

Maigret's First Case: Inspector Maigret #30

by Georges Simenon (Author), Georges Simenon (Author), Ros Schwartz (Translator)

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    Paperback 2016

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Synopsis

A sparkling new translation of this flashback to the start of Inspector Maigret's career, part of the new Penguin Maigret series. The profession he had always yearned for did not actually exist ... he imagined a cross between a doctor and a priest, a man capable of understanding another's destiny at first glance. The very first investigation by eager young police secretary Jules Maigret leads him to a wealthy Paris family's dark secrets. 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 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 07 Apr 2016
ISBN 10: 0241206383
ISBN 13: 9780241206386
Book Overview: In this flashback to the start of Inspector Maigret's career, the eager young police secretary's very first investigation leads him to a wealthy Paris family's dark secrets.

Media Reviews
Praise for Georges Simenon

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

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

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. --Andr Gide

A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness. --The Independent (London)

Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales. --The Observer (London)

Compelling, remorseless, brilliant. --John Gray

A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable--lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates. --Muriel Spark

A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it. --Peter Ackroyd

Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century. --John Banville

Author Bio
Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and 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.