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The Grand Banks Café

Inspector Maigret
By Georges Simenon
Series: Inspector Maigret
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In an isolated fishing community, the discovery of Captain Fallut's body sets off a tense investigation steeped in local superstition and secrets. The mystery deepens with a disturbing photograph of a woman whose face is violently obscured, hinting at dark undercurrents beneath the surface of this maritime world. Georges Simenon weaves a gripping story that captures the insular atmosphere and the quiet complexities of life at sea.
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Ideal for fans of atmospheric crime and psychological thrillers, readers who appreciate rich character studies, and those drawn to classic European mystery novels.

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It was indeed a photograph, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible.

Captain Fallut's last voyage is shrouded in silence. To discover the truth about this doomed expedition, Maigret enters a remote, murky world of men on the margins of society; where fierce loyalties hide sordid deeds.

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A new translation of this gripping novel set in an insular fishing community, part of the new Maigret series.

It was indeed a photo, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible.

On the other hand, below the head, the torso had not been touched. A pair of large breasts. A light-coloured silk dress, very tight and very low cut.

Sailors don't talk much to other men, especially not to policemen. But after Captain Fallut's body is found floating near his trawler, they all mention the Evil Eye when they speak of the Ocean's voyage.

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"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century... Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside..." — The Guardian

"I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov." — William Faulkner

"A supreme writer... unforgettable vividness." — The Independent

"Superb... The most addictive of writers... A unique teller of tales." — The Observer

"Compelling, remorseless, brilliant." — John Gray

"A truly wonderful writer... marvellously readable... absolutely in tune with the world he creates." — Muriel Spark

"Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century." — John Banville

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141393506

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 June 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by David Coward
  • Translated by David Coward

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 124g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Georges Simenon (Author) Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, Belgium in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge, the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. David Coward (Translator) David Coward is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds and has translated many books from French for Penguin Classics.

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