Maigret and the loner / Georges Simenon ; translated by Howard Curtis.
Language: English Original language: French Series: Inspector Maigret. 73 | Simenon, Georges, Inspector Maigret ; 73.Publication details: London : Penguin Books, 2019.Description: 167 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780241304341
- Maigret et l'homme tout seul. English.
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Crime | SIM | Maigret Bk.73 | Available | 072799 |
"First published, in serial, as Maigret et l'homme tout seul, in Le Figaro, 1971" -- Title page verso.
"People who've been here a long time have been talking about him. This morning, when I was having my coffee and croissants, it was all they were talking about. The old folks, even the middle-aged people, remember him and can't understand how he could have become a tramp. Apparently he was a good-looking man, tall and strong, who had a good profession and made a very decent living. And yet he vanished overnight without saying a word to anyone." The death of a homeless man in a condemned building in Les Halles leads Maigret on the trail of the vagrant's mysterious past, and an event that happened years ago in the close-knit community of Montmartre.
Translated from French.
