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Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses Georges Simenon

Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses By Georges Simenon

Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses by Georges Simenon


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Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses Summary

Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses: Inspector Maigret #53 by Georges Simenon

'His artistry is supreme' John Banville

It was as if suddenly, long ago, life had stopped here, not the life of the man lying on the bed but the life of the house, the life of its world, and even the factory chimney that could be seen through the curtains looked obsolete and absurd.

A once-wealthy family closes ranks when one of their own is shot, leaving Maigret - along with a troublesome new magistrate - to pick his way through their secrets.

'One of the greatest writers of our time' Sunday Times

Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses Reviews

Praise for Georges Simenon:

One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories. -The Guardian

These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. -The Washington Post

Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals. -People

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. -Andre Gide

A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness. -The Independent (London)

Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales. -The Observer (London)

Compelling, remorseless, brilliant. -John Gray

A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable-lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates. -Muriel Spark

A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.lle -Peter Ackroyd

Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century. -John Banville

Gem-hard soul-probes . . . not just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and confessor Times (London)

Strangely comforting . . . so many lovely bistros from the Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental, it's the food that counts. Margaret Atwood

One of the greatest writers of the 20th century . . . no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set of characters - above all, an atmosphere. Financial Times

Gripping . . . richly rewarding . . . You'll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn.-- Stig Abell The Sunday Times (London)

About Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon (Author)
Georges Simenon was born in Liege, 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.

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GOR009201275
9780241303856
0241303850
Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses: Inspector Maigret #53 by Georges Simenon
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20180301
176
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