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The Strangers in the House
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A new translation of a twisting detective novel from the celebrated author of the Maigret series.
The Strangers in the House follows Hector Loursat, a lawyer in the small town of Moulins, who has lived as a drunken recluse since his wife left him eighteen years ago. Unmoored from society and estranged from his daughter, he shuts himself away, numbed by endless bottles of burgundy.
But when a dead man is found in his house one night, the resulting police investigation unearths secrets that shake the townβand Loursat's isolationβto the core. No longer able to ignore the world, he emerges to take on the murder case himself and confront the lives of Moulins' by-ways and back streets.
In the progressive break-down of Loursat's self-imposed isolation, Simenon brilliantly depicts the psychology of loneliness and a man's tortured re-engagement with humanity and its darkest acts.
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The Strangers in the House is widely praised for its philosophical depth, with some critics considering it more profound than the works of Camus or Sartre. It is lauded as a masterpiece that delivers existential themes with robust conviction and less self-consciousness.
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ISBN: 9780241487099
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 November 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by Howard Curtis
- Translated by Howard Curtis
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 175g
Pages: 224
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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