Description
| Product ID: | 9780241303894 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Inspector Maigret |
| Title: | Maigret and the Old People |
| Subtitle: | Inspector Maigret #56 |
| Authors: | Author: Georges Simenon, Shaun Whiteside |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic crime, Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'He had seldom been so perplexed by human beings. Would a psychiatrist, a teacher or a novelist...have been better placed to understand characters who had suddenly materialized from another century?'Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected official who has been found shot dead in his study by his housekeeper. After interviewing everyone concerned Maigret is at a loss to the identity of the perpetrator until he comes across a series of letters from the past fifty years between the victim and a recently widowed woman. As Maigret uncovers the details behind the two's relationship he gets closer to discovering the tragic truth behind the official's demise. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Society. '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 ''His artistry is supreme'' John Banville |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-06-07 |
