Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters: Inspector Maigret #39

ISBN-13: 9780241250662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 192 str.

Georges Simenon; Will Hobson

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Maigret goes up against a group of American gangsters and finds he just might have met his match. The thirty-ninth book in the new Penguin Maigret series.

In Maigret's latest adventure, the Inspector learns that his hapless colleague Lognon is being menaced by some notorious American mobsters, and he makes it his mission to bring them to justice, despite threatening warnings that he is out of his depth. As the stakes get higher, Maigret must rely on intel from his FBI friend in Washington, D.C., as well as his own ingenuity, to smoke the Americans out before they can complete the job and silence his star witness--permanently.

"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

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

Recenzje

Praise for Georges Simenon:

One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories. The Guardian

These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. The Washington Post

Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals. People

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. André Gide

A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness. The Independent (London)

Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales. The Observer (London)

Compelling, remorseless, brilliant. John Gray

A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates. Muriel Spark

A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it. lle Peter Ackroyd

Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century. John Banville

"Gem-hard soul-probes . . . not just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and confessor"  Times (London)

"Strangely comforting . . . so many lovely bistros from the Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental, it's the food that counts."  Margaret Atwood

"One of the greatest writers of the 20th century . . . no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set of characters - above all, an atmosphere."  Financial Times

"Gripping . . . richly rewarding . . . You'll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn."-- Stig Abell  The Sunday Times (London)

O autorze

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, 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.