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14%OFFGeorges Simenon - The Grand Banks Café: Inspector Maigret #8 - 9780141393506 - V9780141393506
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The Grand Banks Café: Inspector Maigret #8

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Description for The Grand Banks Café: Inspector Maigret #8 Paperback. It was indeed a photograph, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.

'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves

It was indeed a photograph, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible.

On the other hand, below the head, the torso had not been touched. A pair of large breasts. A light-coloured silk dress, very tight and ... Read more


Sailors don't talk much to other men, especially not to policemen. But after Captain Fallut's body is found floating near his trawler, they all mention the Evil Eye when they speak of the Ocean's voyage.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as The Sailors' Rendezvous.

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray

'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian

'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Inspector Maigret
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141393506
SKU
V9780141393506
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About Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon (Author) Georges Simenon was born in Liège, 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 ... Read more

Reviews for The Grand Banks Café: Inspector Maigret #8
‘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 ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Grand Banks Café: Inspector Maigret #8


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