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Maigret struggles with an old rival in book twenty-four of the new Penguin Maigret series In everyone's eyes, even the old ladies hiding behind their quivering curtains, even the kids just now who had turned to stare after they had passed him, he was the intruder, the undesirable. No, worse, he was fundamentally untrustworthy, some stranger who had just turned up from who knew where to do who knew what.

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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. - The Guardian I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov. - William Faulkner The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature. -Andre Gide 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... marvelously readable - lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the works he creates. - Muriel Spark A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it. - Peter Ackroyd Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century. - John Banville

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. - <i>The Guardian</i> I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov. - William Faulkner The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature. -Andre Gide A supreme writer unforgettable vividness. - <i>The Independent</i> Superb... The most addictive of writers... A unique teller of tales. -<i>The Observer</i> Compelling, remorseless, brilliant. - John Gray A truly wonderful writer... marvelously readable - lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the works he creates. - Muriel Spark A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it. - Peter Ackroyd Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century. - John Banville

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. - <i>The Guardian</i> I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov. - William Faulkner The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature. - Andre Gide A supreme writer...unforgettable vividness. - <i>The Independent</i> Superb... The most addictive of writers... A unique teller of tales. - <i>The Observer </i> Compelling, remorseless, brilliant. - John Gray A truly wonderful writer... marvelously readable - lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the works he creates. - Muriel Spark A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it. - Peter Ackroyd Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century. - John Banville

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. - The Guardian I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov. - William Faulkner The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature. - Andr' Gide 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... marvelously readable - lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the works he creates. - Muriel Spark A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it. - Peter Ackroyd Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century. - John Banville

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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.

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