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The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien
Inspector Maigret #3
Series: Inspector Maigret
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The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien
A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil sketches that had the same leitmotif of hanging. On the edge of a forest: a man hanging from every branch.
It all started yesterday. Or did it begin years ago? All Maigret knows is that the shabby traveller he was following has committed suicide in a hotel room.
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A new translation of this haunting tale about the lengths to which people will go to escape from guilt, part of the Maigret series.
A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And hanging was the leitmotif of at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil sketches.
On the edge of a forest - a man hanging from every branch. A church steeple - beneath the rooster atop the weather vane, a human body dangled from each arm of the cross... below another sketch were written four lines from Villon's Ballade des Pendus.
On a trip to Brussels, Maigret unwittingly causes a man's suicide, but his own remorse is overshadowed by the discovery of the sordid events that drove the desperate man to shoot himself.
Series: Inspector Maigret
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The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien by Georges Simenon continues to earn high praise for the author's masterful storytelling and his ability to draw readers deeply into his narratives. Simenon's work is often lauded for its timeless quality, with critics highlighting his unmatched skill in creating vivid, atmospheric settings and complex characters. The Maigret series, to which this book belongs, is frequently compared to the enduring classics of detective fiction, standing alongside legends like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.
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ISBN: 9780141393452
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 January 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by Linda Coverdale
- Translated by Linda Coverdale
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 112g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Georges Simenon (Author) Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, 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.
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