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The Madman of Bergerac

Inspector Maigret
By Georges Simenon
Series: Inspector Maigret
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The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon is a gripping crime thriller featuring Inspector Maigret. While travelling, Maigret gets involved in a mysterious case in the French town of Bergerac. As he investigates the unsettling events and local eccentricities, he must untangle a complex web of secrets to uncover the truth.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy atmospheric crime mysteries that delve into human psychology. Set in a provincial French town, it presents a gripping puzzle and the intriguing insights of a determined detective. If you are fascinated by character-driven stories and intricate plots, this thriller will likely captivate you.

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The Madman of Bergerac

An insipid face. Glazed eyes. And Maigret was not surprised to see a grey beard eating into his cheeks. A distressed passenger leaps off a night train and vanishes into the woods. Maigret, on his way to a well-earned break in the Dordogne, is soon plunged into the pursuit of a madman, hiding amongst the seemingly respectable citizens of Bergerac.

A distressed passenger leaps off a night train and vanishes into the woods. Maigret, on his way to a well-earned break in the Dordogne, is soon plunged into the pursuit of a madman, hiding amongst the seemingly respectable citizens of Bergerac.

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A new translation of this novel in which Maigret's leave in the Dordogne is disrupted by some sinister happenings.

He recalled his travelling companion's agitated sleep—was it really sleep—his sighs, and his sobbing. Then two dangling legs in their patent leather boots and hand-knitted socks... A lacklustre face. Glazed eyes. And Maigret was not surprised to see a grey beard eating into his cheeks.

The Madman of Bergerac takes readers on a gripping journey filled with suspense and mystery, characteristic of Georges Simenon's renowned detective series.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141394565

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 January 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Ros Schwartz
  • Translated by Ros Schwartz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 125g

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. Ros Schwartz (Translator) Ros Schwartz is an award-winning translator from French. Acclaimed for her new version of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince, published in 2010, she has over 100 fiction and non-fiction titles to her name. The French government made Ros a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009, and in 2017 she was awarded the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence.

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