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Cécile is Dead: Inspector Maigret #20

Georges Simenon

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Description for Cécile is Dead: Inspector Maigret #20 Paperback. In the dreary suburbs of Paris, the merciless greed of a seemingly respectable woman is unearthed by her long suffering niece, and Maigret discovers the far-reaching consequences of their actions. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.

'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves

Poor Cécile! And yet she was still young. Maigret had seen her papers: barely twenty-eight years old. But it would be difficult to look more like an old maid, to move less gracefully, in spite of the care she took to be friendly and pleasant. Those black dresses that she must make for herself from bad paper patterns, that ridiculous green hat!

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Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2015

Series

Inspector Maigret

Condition

New

Number of Pages

192

Place of Publication

London, United Kingdom

ISBN

9780141397054

SKU

V9780141397054

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About Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, 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. ... Read more

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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 “The matchless French crime novelist.” —Adam ... Read moreGopnik, The New Yorker “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 “An astute observer of human nature, writing in a spare and vivid style.” —Amor Towles “I never read contemporary fiction–with one exception: the works of Simenon.” —T.S. Eliot “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré “One of the most important writers of our century.” —Gabriel García Márquez “A favorite writer of mine.” —Sigrid Nunez “A great writer of detail, of atmosphere.” —Leïla Slimani “Feels incredibly modern…A great writer.” —Ian Rankin “The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.” —André 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.” —Peter Ackroyd “Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.” —John Banville "Gem-hard soul-probes . . . not just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and confessor" ―Times (London) "Strangely comforting . . . so many lovely bistros from the Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental, it's the food that counts." ―Margaret Atwood "One of the greatest writers of the 20th century . . . no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set of characters - above all, an atmosphere." ―Financial Times "Gripping . . . richly rewarding . . . You'll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn." ―Stig Abell, The Sunday Times (London) Show Less

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