Description
Product ID: | 9780241304235 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Inspector Maigret |
Title: | Maigret's Childhood Friend |
Subtitle: | Inspector Maigret #69 |
Authors: | Author: Georges Simenon, Shaun Whiteside |
Page Count: | 192 |
Subjects: | Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic crime, Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation, France |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves'Florentin pulled one of those faces which had once amused his classmates so much and disarmed the teachers . . . Maigret didn't dare to ask why he had come to see him. He studied him, struggling to believe that so many years had passed . . . He was so used to acting the fool that his face automatically assumed comical expressions. But his face was still greyish, his eyes anxious.' A visit from a long-lost schoolmate who has fallen on hard times forces Maigret to unpick a seedy tangle of love affairs in Montmartre, and to confront the tragedy of a wasted life. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Boyhood Friend. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian ''The father of contemporary European detective fiction'' Ann Cleeves |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-07-04 |