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Maigret Defends Himself

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • Published: 03/01/2019

  • ISBN: 9780241304068

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • RRP: £7.99

Maigret Defends Himself

For the first time in his career Inspector Maigret receives written summons to the Prefect's office where he learns that he has been accused of assaulting a young woman. With his career and reputation on the line, Maigret must fight to prove his innocence.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret on the Defensive.

'His artistry is supreme' John Banville

'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • Published: 03/01/2019

  • ISBN: 9780241304068

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • RRP: £7.99

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About the Author

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know 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.

Georges Simenon

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