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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 04/07/2019
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ISBN: 9780241304242
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Length: 192 Pages
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RRP: £7.99
Maigret's Childhood Friend
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Inspector Maigret #69.
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#69 in the Series: Inspector Maigret
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Georges Simenon
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Shaun Whiteside (Translator)
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves
'Florentin pulled one of those faces which had once amused his classmates so much and disarmed the teachers . . .
Maigret didn't dare to ask why he had come to see him. He studied him, struggling to believe that so many years had passed . . .
He was so used to acting the fool that his face automatically assumed comical expressions. But his face was still greyish, his eyes anxious.'
A visit from a long-lost schoolmate who has fallen on hard times forces Maigret to unpick a seedy tangle of love affairs in Montmartre, and to confront the tragedy of a wasted life. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Boyhood Friend.
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations.
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville
'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 04/07/2019
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ISBN: 9780241304242
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Length: 192 Pages
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RRP: £7.99
Reviews
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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
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A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness
Independent
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The most addictive of writers . . . a unique teller of tales
Observer
