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The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (Penguin Modern Classics)Front wallpaper may vary

The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (Penguin Modern Classics)Front wallpaper may vary

by Georges Simenon (Author), Georges Simenon (Author), Siân Reynolds (Translator)

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    Paperback 2016

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Synopsis

A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces. 'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion ... disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers' Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Then he discovers that his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for - and something snaps. Kees used to watch the trains go by to exciting destinations. Now, on some dark impulse, he boards one at random, and begins a new life of recklessness and violence. This chilling portrayal of a man who breaks from society and goes on the run asks who we are, and what we are capable of. 'Classic Simenon ... extraordinary in its evocative power' Independent 'What emerges is the bare human animal' John Gray 'Read him at your peril, avoid him at your loss' Sunday Times

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 03 Nov 2016
ISBN 10: 0241258553
ISBN 13: 9780241258552
Book Overview: This chilling portrayal of a man who breaks from society and goes on the run asks who we are, and what we are capable of.

Media Reviews
Fierce, bleak and compellingly written . . . with pitiless landscapes of hopeless longing, random cruelty and galloping fate warmed only by the twilit lyricism of doomed desire. These are novels of eye-opening, spine-tingling control and intensity. -- Boyd Tonkin * The Independent *
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 * Guardian *
Compelling . . . Simenon shows how close the deranged mind is to the ordinary mind' * Financial Times *
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.