{"product_id":"books-the-two-penny-bar-by-georges-simenon","title":"The Two-Penny Bar","description":"'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves      'A radiant late afternoon. The sunshine almost as thick as syrup in the quiet streets of the Left Bank . . . there are days like this, when ordinary life seems heightened, when the people walking down the street, the trams and cars all seem to exist in a fairy tale.'  A story told by a condemned man leads Maigret to a bar by the Seine and into the sleazy underside of respectable Parisian life. In the oppressive heat of summer, a forgotten crime comes to light.  Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel is a revised translation, previously published as The Bar on the Seine.  'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray  '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' Guardian     'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53672583856401,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780141394176.jpg?v=1781520367","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-two-penny-bar-by-georges-simenon","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}