The two-penny bar
Simenon, Georges, 1903-19892014
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When a condemned man reveals the whereabouts of an unpunished murderer, Chief Inspector Maigret puts his holiday on hold. His investigation takes him to a bar on the Seine where the old crime is upstaged by a killing and Maigret finds a new drinking companion. 'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves 'A radiant late afternoon. The sunshine almost as thick as syrup in the quiet streets of the Left Bank . . .there are days like this, when ordinary life seems heightened, when the people walking down the street, thetrams and cars all seem to exist in a fairy tale.'A story told by a condemned man leads Maigret to a bar by the Seine and into the sleazy underside of respectable Parisian life. In the oppressive heat of summer, a forgotten crime comes to light.Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel is a revised translation, previously published as The Bar on the Seine.'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray'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 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent
Main title:
The two-penny bar / Georges Simenon ; translated by David Watson.
Author:
Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989, authorWatson, David, 1959-, translator
Edition:
[Revised edition].
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2014.
Collation:
148 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the French."This translation first published as The Bar on the Seine in Penguin Books 2003, and revised 2014--title page verso.Formerly CIP. Uk
ISBN:
9780141394176 (paperback)
Dewey class:
843.912
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
1247306