Inspector Cadaver: Inspector Maigret #24 by Georges Simenon (English) Paperback

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In everyone's eyes, even the old ladies hiding behind their quivering curtains, even the kids just now who had turned to stare after they had passed him, he was the intruder, the undesirable. No, worse, he was fundamentally untrustworthy, some stranger who had just turned up from who knew where to do who knew what.

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Maigret struggles with an old rival in book twenty-four of the new Penguin Maigret seriesIn everyone's eyes, even the old ladies hiding behind their quivering curtains, even the kids just now who had turned to stare after they had passed him, he was the intruder, the undesirable. No, worse, he was fundamentally untrustworthy, some stranger who had just turned up from who knew where to do who knew what.

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The 24th book in the classic French crime series featuring Inspector Maigret. Penguin are republishing all 75 books in the series, with authentic new translations.

Author Biography

Georges Simenon (Author)Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

Review

"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." - The Guardian"I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov." - William Faulkner"The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature." - André Gide "A supreme writer…unforgettable vividness." - The Independent"Superb... The most addictive of writers... A unique teller of tales." - The Observer "Compelling, remorseless, brilliant." - John Gray"A truly wonderful writer... marvelously readable - lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the works he creates." - Muriel Spark"A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it." - Peter Ackroyd"Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century." - John Banville

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Maigret struggles with an old rival in book twenty-four of the new Penguin Maigret series

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"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." - The Guardian "I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov." - William Faulkner "The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature." -

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Maigret struggles with an old rival in book twenty-four of the new Penguin Maigret series

Details ISBN0241188474 Year 2015 ISBN-10 0241188474 ISBN-13 9780241188477 Format Paperback Publication Date 2015-10-01 Author William Hobson Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Series Inspector Maigret Language English Media Book Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1903 Translator William Hobson Short Title INSPECTOR CADAVER Residence Paris, FR Death 1989 Translated from French Edition 24th Imprint Penguin Classics Pages 176 Subtitle Inspector Maigret #24 Series Number 24 UK Release Date 2015-10-01 Alternative 9780241188484 DEWEY 843/.912 Audience General NZ Release Date 2015-11-30 AU Release Date 2015-11-30 We've got this

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