Maigret and the Headless Corpse

Maigret and the Headless Corpse PDF Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 152470542X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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"One of Simenon's masterpieces." —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré A man’s dismembered body is found in a canal, and only Maigret can uncover the killer When a man’s headless body is discovered in Paris’s Saint-Martin Canal, Maigret is quick to answer the call. It is in this very neighborhood that he meets a strangely taciturn woman who runs a cafe. Her husband is away on a trip—or so she says. As is often the case, Maigret soon learns that there is more to the story than meets the eye. As shocking as it is incisive, Maigret and the Headless Corpse is a compelling mystery from Georges Simenon.

Maigret and the Headless Corpse

Maigret and the Headless Corpse PDF Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 152470542X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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"One of Simenon's masterpieces." —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré A man’s dismembered body is found in a canal, and only Maigret can uncover the killer When a man’s headless body is discovered in Paris’s Saint-Martin Canal, Maigret is quick to answer the call. It is in this very neighborhood that he meets a strangely taciturn woman who runs a cafe. Her husband is away on a trip—or so she says. As is often the case, Maigret soon learns that there is more to the story than meets the eye. As shocking as it is incisive, Maigret and the Headless Corpse is a compelling mystery from Georges Simenon.

Maigret and the Headless Corpse

Maigret and the Headless Corpse PDF Author: Georges Simenon
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Maigret Sets a Trap

Maigret Sets a Trap PDF Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Harvest Books
ISBN: 9780156551267
Category : Maigret, Jules (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Robert Philip Hanssen was one of the FBI's most trusted agents, a 25 year veteran, devout Catholic and devoted suburban family man. But as he rose up the ranks, he was leading another life as a devilishly clever spy for the Russian government, selling America's most closely guarded national security secrets. Now, Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Vise untangles Hanssen's web of deceit to tell the story of how he avoided detection for decades while becoming the most dangerous double agent in FBI history--and how the FBI eventually brought him down.

Maigret's Failure

Maigret's Failure PDF Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 024130380X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163

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'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 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. 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. '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

Simenon

Simenon PDF Author: Stanley G. Eskin
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786467280
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The most comprehensive account of Georges Simenon's life and work in either English or French--from his youth and adolescence in Belgium, through his spirited beginnings as a writer of pulp fiction in the Paris of the 20s, his invention of Maigret in 1930, his turn to "straight" fiction in the 30s, and from the 40s on, his prolific output of detective and "straight" fiction. His obsession with women and his major friendships (Jean Renoir, Charlie Chaplin, Thornton Wilder, and others) are detailed. Also, critical evaluations of his fiction (including the largely ignored pulp fiction), Simenon's relationship to "popular" traditions, literature, detective fiction, "high" literature and the critics are offered. The photographs are rare and revealing (e.g., with Josephine Baker, cutting up in a bistro.)

The Man who Wasn't Maigret

The Man who Wasn't Maigret PDF Author: Patrick Marnham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140139273
Category : Novelists, Belgian
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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'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

A Maigret Christmas

A Maigret Christmas PDF Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524705454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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“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 this delightful holiday-themed collection of nine short stories, Inspector Maigret must solve a series of little mysteries—just in time for Christmas morning Christmas mysteries abound in this light-hearted holiday collection of Jules Maigret’s exploits: In one, an otherwise sensible little girl insists that she has seen Father Christmas, a statement alarming to her neighbors, Monsieur and Madame Maigret. Then, a choirboy helps the inspector solve a crime while he lies in bed with a cold; another boy, pursued by a criminal, ingeniously leaves a trail to help Maigret track him. Many of these stories feature observant and resourceful children, frightened yet resolute, who bring out a paternal streak in the childless Maigret. The rapport between the inspector and these youthful heroes imparts a delightful freshness to this holiday collection. A Maigret Christmas is a cornucopia for fans of Maigret and mysteries alike.

Maigret and the Headless Corpse. (Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen.) The Fate of the Malous. (Translated by Denis George.).

Maigret and the Headless Corpse. (Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen.) The Fate of the Malous. (Translated by Denis George.). PDF Author: Georges Simenon
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Languages : en
Pages : 337

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Maigret and the Headless Corpse

Maigret and the Headless Corpse PDF Author: Georges Simenon
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Pages : 337

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The Bells of Bicêtre

The Bells of Bicêtre PDF Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Paralyzed and unable to speak, a newspaper publisher reviews his life from a hospital bed and is able to find a new understanding.