Maigret's First Case: Inspector Maigret

Georges Simenon

ISBN 10: 0241206383 / ISBN 13: 9780241206386

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2016

About this Item

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 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. '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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maigret's First Case: Inspector Maigret
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241206383
• ISBN 13: 9780241206386
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 159 grams

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Synopsis

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

When a Paris musician witnesses an altercation that may have been a murder, the young Inspector Maigret becomes embroiled in his first case

A musician walking home along the Rue Chaptal in the early hours of the morning sees a panic-stricken woman call for help from an upstairs window; moments later he hears a gun shot. He tries to go to her assistance, pushing past the man who opens the door upon his frantic knocking, but he finds himself roughly ejected from the premises. Undeterred, he heads for the nearest police station and urges Maigret to return with him and find out what has taken place.

With this look into the man he once was and how he became the insightful inspector we have some to know, Simenon offers new insights into the brilliance of Maigret.

About the Author

Georges Simenon (1903–1989) began work as a reporter for a local newspaper at the age of sixteen, and at nineteen he moved to Paris to embark on a career as a novelist. He went on to write seventy-five Maigret novels and twenty-eight Maigret short stories.