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The Madman of Bergerac Georges Simenon

The Madman of Bergerac By Georges Simenon

The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon


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Summary

An insipid face. Glazed eyes. And Maigret was not surprised to see a grey beard eating into his cheeks. A distressed passenger leaps off a night train and vanishes into the woods. Maigret, on his way to a well-earned break in the Dordogne, is soon plunged into the pursuit of a madman, hiding amongst the seemingly respectable citizens of Bergerac.

The Madman of Bergerac Summary

The Madman of Bergerac: Inspector Maigret #15 by Georges Simenon

'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves

He recalled his travelling companion's agitated sleep - was it really sleep? - his sighs, and his sobbing. Then the two dangling legs, the patent-leather shoes and hand-knitted socks . . . An insipid face. Glazed eyes. And Maigret was not surprised to see a grey beard eating into his cheeks.

A distressed passenger leaps off a night train and vanishes into the woods. Maigret, on his way to a well-earned break in the Dordogne, is soon plunged into the pursuit of a madman, hiding amongst the seemingly respectable citizens of Bergerac.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations.

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray


'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent

The Madman of Bergerac 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

About Georges Simenon

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.

Additional information

GOR006675449
9780141394565
0141394560
The Madman of Bergerac: Inspector Maigret #15 by Georges Simenon
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20150101
160
N/A
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