The Man on the Bench in the Barn

Simenon, Georges

Published by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York, 1970

About this Item

Ex-library with some markings, jacket taped to boards. Minor edge wear, glue residue on rear pastedown. Jacket in protective plastic cover, taped to boards, a little edge wear and rubbing. Overall, a nice copy. ; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 188 pages; "A blizzard in Connecticut forms the backdrop of Simenon s sensitive probing into human relationships, between man and man, husband and wife, lover and mistress. What is their true reality, under the sham appearance? "The confrontation with truth here comes when the happenings of a single night cataclysmically change a man s whole life. How and why do we fail in a crucial emergency? Donald, a middle-aged lawyer faces [this anguishing question] on the way home from an overanimated cocktail party, cut short by the approach of a blizzard. The consequences of a subtly motivated act of cowardice throw him out of the rut of marriage and professional life. "In the last analysis, however, this is another lynx-eyed view of a seemingly perfect marriage and of the crushing impact of a self-righteous female perfectionist on a normally fallible man.".

Seller Inventory # 9416

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man on the Bench in the Barn
• Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Braren, Ken (Cover)
• Edition: First US Edition.
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery::Georges Simenon