Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a phenomenally successful author of crime fiction. His 75 Maigret novels and 28 Maigret short stories were published between 1931 and 1972 to great international acclaim (he is the only non-anglophone crime writer to have achieved such renown). Hi…
"This book examines the importance of social class and social change in the Maigret stories, with a particular emphasis on the early formative novels, and the development of plot, characterization and settings. The work seeks to establish the extent to which Simenon's portrait o…
"This book examines the importance of social class and social change in the Maigret stories, with a particular emphasis on the early formative novels, and the development of plot, characterization and settings. The work seeks to establish the extent to which Simenon's portrait o…
Le premier livre comportant le commissaire Maigret de la premier Brigade mobile. [The first book featuring police chief Maigret of the first mobile Brigade].
For the local police it is at first an open and shut case. But then new suspects appear, old ones disappear, and the body turns up at the zoo, stuffed into a wicker basket.
