Maigret and the Man on the Bench : Inspector Maigret

Georges Simenon

ISBN 10: 0241277442 / ISBN 13: 9780241277447

Published by Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2017, 2017

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Neuware - 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'He was wearing a dark suit, a beige raincoat and on his feet, which were twisted at an odd angle, he wore yellow-brown shoes, which seemed out of keeping with a day as colourless as this.Apart from his shoes he looked so ordinary that he would have passed completely unnoticed on the street or on one of the numerous café terraces on the boulevard.''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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maigret and the Man on the Bench : Inspector Maigret
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241277442
• ISBN 13: 9780241277447
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 198W x 126H x 15D millimeters 198 millimeters width by 126 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 151 grams

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Synopsis

“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré

Inspector Maigret must untangle the web of lies left behind by a murdered man whose family didn’t know him as well as they thought

When a man is found stabbed to death in an alley off Boulevard Saint-Martin, his identity card shows a workplace that had gone out of business three years earlier. As far as his wife knew, he still worked there, and she insists that the shoes and a tie he was wearing when he was killed “couldn’t be his.” It soon becomes evident that although he had a source of income, he spent most of his time sitting on a bench in the neighborhood, often with the same unknown man. But can Maigret find this mysterious companion?

In Maigret and the Man on the Bench, the inimitable inspector must untangle the web of a dead man’s lies that go deeper than anyone could have imagined.

About the Author

Georges Simenon (1903–1989) was born in Liège, Belgium. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of more than four hundred novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe.