A quite wonderful study of how uncompromising humans become in their old age ... This novel has been given the label of “classic” for a reason. The writing is rich, the plot is interesting — Simenon, in his infinite ...
Ceci Browning, The Sunday Times
The Belgian author’s genius comes to the fore in this dark domestic drama ... below the surface lie dark and fathomless depths ... only an artist of genius could have wrought pathos out of the ghastly plight of Émil ...
John Banville, Guardian
Penguin continues to do impeccable service to the legacy of the great French crime writer Georges Simenon with The Cat, expertly translated by Ros Schwartz; the latter’s work eclipses every earlier version of ...
Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
A quite wonderful study of how uncompromising humans become in their old age ... This novel has been given the label of “classic” for a reason. The writing is rich, the plot is interesting — Simenon, in his infinite ...
Ceci Browning, The Sunday Times
The Belgian author’s genius comes to the fore in this dark domestic drama ... below the surface lie dark and fathomless depths ... only an artist of genius could have wrought pathos out of the ghastly plight of Émil ...
John Banville, Guardian
Penguin continues to do impeccable service to the legacy of the great French crime writer Georges Simenon with The Cat, expertly translated by Ros Schwartz; the latter’s work eclipses every earlier version of ...
Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
A quite wonderful study of how uncompromising humans become in their old age ... This novel has been given the label of “classic” for a reason. The writing is rich, the plot is interesting — Simenon, in his infinite ...
Ceci Browning, The Sunday Times
The Belgian author’s genius comes to the fore in this dark domestic drama ... below the surface lie dark and fathomless depths ... only an artist of genius could have wrought pathos out of the ghastly plight of Émil ...
John Banville, Guardian
Penguin continues to do impeccable service to the legacy of the great French crime writer Georges Simenon with The Cat, expertly translated by Ros Schwartz; the latter’s work eclipses every earlier version of ...
