Inspector Cadaver by Georges Simenon
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 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. Maigret's old colleague becomes an unexpected rival in book twenty-four of the new Penguin Maigret series. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Rival. '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
"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
"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
Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge, the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241188477 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241188474 |
| Title | Inspector Cadaver |
| Author | Georges Simenon |
| Series | Inspector Maigret |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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