The Man from London
$31.19
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2021
Summary
A captivating new translation of the gripping detective novel from the celebrated author of the Maigret series.
On a foggy winter’s evening in Dieppe, after the arrival of the daily ferry from England, a railway signalman habitually scrutinizes the port from his tiny, isolated cabin. When a scuffle on the quayside catches his eye, he is drawn to the scene of a brutal murder and his once quiet life changes forever. A mere observer at first, he soon finds himself fishing a briefcase fro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241461570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024146157X |
| Author: | Georges Simenon, Howard Curtis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 125g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 11mm |
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One of Simenon’s darkest novels
One of Simenon’s darkest novels * Le Monde *
About The Author
Georges Simenon
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.
Howard Curtis has translated more than a hundred books, mostly fiction, from French, Italian and Spanish for publishers in the UK and the USA, including over twenty novels in the Penguin Simenon series. He has won several major awards and has also taught translation.
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