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1. theculturetrip.com › europe › belgiumGeorges Simenon: The Belgian Writers 10 Best Maigret Books

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   Nov 28, 2016 · The character of Inspector Jules Maigret, a French detective, appears in 75 full length novels and 28 short stories, and is one of Belgium’s most successful exports. We explore 10 must-reads from the ‘Maigret’ collection. Maigret et le Corps sans Tete | © Presses de la Cité.

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3. www.waterstones.com › blog › john-banville-on-hisJohn Banville on His Top Five Georges Simenon Novels

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   It’s a pity that most readers, hearing the name Simenon, immediately think: Oh yes, Maigret. But in fact Simenon, as he well knew, was at his best in what he called his romans durs,or ‘hard novels’. And this one is surely the hardest of them all. It’s set in Liège, Simenon’s hometown, during the war, among a cast of gangsters and low-lifes. An asto...

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   This is one of the very best of the Maigret series. The Paris police inspector travels to the village of his birth, to investigate a predicted murder, which duly takes place. The opening scene, in which Maigret rises early on a winter morning in a provincial hotel, is superb. The plot, as usual, is preposterous. But one doesn’t read a Maigret for a...

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   A deeply unsettling study of a psychotic — the wonderfully named Kees Popinga — recounted with the lightest of touches. Simenon knew a great deal about the darkness of the human psyche, and his great gift, one of his great gifts, is to observe, and report, with an utterly unsentimental eye, on the doings of his fellow humans.

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   An extraordinary study of a burgeoning and eventually fatal obsession. It is set on the holiday island of Porquerolles off the south coast of France, but is the story of a holiday in Hell, as the eponymous Mahé conducts his doomed pursuit of the girl in the red dress. Enigmatic, brooding, and wholly convincing.

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   The lawyer Hector Loursat has largely given up on life after his wife’s desertion. He spends each evening reading and drinking himself into oblivion. Then a murder is committed in his house and he determines to act as legal defence for the young accused. I can do no better than quote myself (from the LA Times, 2018): ‘the quintessentialroman dur:di...

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4. www.criminalelement.com › georges-simenon-and-theGeorges Simenon and the Top 6 Maigret Mystery Novels

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   • The Night at the Crossroads (Inspector Maigret #7, 1931) aka Maigret at the Crossroads. Maigret investigates the murder of a diamond merchant just outside of Paris at a foggy junction called Three Widows’ Crossroads.
   • The Grand Banks Café (Inspector Maigret #8, 1931) aka Maigret Answers a Plea. Maigret is on holiday when a friend asks him to look into the murder of a ship’s captain in a nearby port city.
   • Maigret's Dead Man (Inspector Maigret #29, 1948) aka Maigret’s Special Murder. One day, a panicked man calls Maigret from several different cafes claiming that he’s being followed.
   • My Friend Maigret (Inspector Maigret #31, 1949) aka The Methods of Maigret. While an inspector from Scotland Yard is visiting Maigret to study his methods, Maigret investigates a murder in the south of France.

5. dorsetbookdetective.wordpress.com › 2018/01/13 › theThe Top Five Best Maigret Novels To Get You Into Simenon

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   Jan 13, 2018 · 1. Pietr the Latvian: As always, it is my firm belief that the first novel in a series is always the best place to start, and Pietr the Latvian is a really strong book, offering an enticing glimpse into Maigret’s Paris and the evil that lurks within.

6. www.civilizedbears.com › top-10-maigret-novelsTop 10 Maigret Novels: What is the Best Maigret Mystery?

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   Jul 2, 2012 · So — what is the Best Maigret Mystery? Well, it’s whatever you like the most. All I can do, mon ami, is list some of my own faves… Here’s a list of my personal favourites. My Top Ten Maigret Mysteries: 1. Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (Les Caves du Majestic) 2. Maigret’s War of Nerves (La Tête d’un homme) 3.

7. www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk › inspector-maigret-booksGeorges Simenon's Inspector Maigret Books in Order - Dead Good

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   Apr 26, 2019 · Georges Simenon’s Inspector Maigret books in order: 1. Pietr the Latvian (1931) In Simenon’s first novel featuring Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he follows a trail of bodies and traces the true identity of the elusive international criminal, Pietr the Latvian. 2.

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   What is the best Maigret book?

   • Following a nineteen-year-old lowlife in occupied Liège, Simenon’s astonishing novel about deceit and betrayal explores the darkest corners of society in the shadow of the violence and devastation of the war. This is one of the very best of the Maigret series.

   John Banville on His Top Five Georges Simenon Novels

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   What is Maigret best known for?

   • Best known for smoking his pipe, Maigret’s detective style is a mix of intuition with method, often accompanied by a neat tipple. These are classic crime stories set, more-often-than-not, against a Parisian backdrop. With a Maigret in hand you can therefore comb every bit of Paris without leaving your armchair. Enjoy! 1. Pietr the Latvian (1931)

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   Is Maigret a good character?

   • Maigret’s Paris is as welcoming a place as Holmes’s London. And Maigret himself is always good company. Like Holmes or Hercule Poirot, he is brilliant and well respected. He is capable of handling himself in moments of violence, though those moments are rare. In fact, a defining characteristic of the Maigret novels is a certain warmth.

   Georges Simenon and the Top 6 Maigret Mystery Novels

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   What is a good book about Inspector Maigret?

   • Maigret and the Old People (1961) The violent death of a distinguished former ambassador, the Comte de Saint-Hilaire – an old man without political secrets or enemies – confounds Inspector Maigret, until a bundle of letters promises to uncover the tragic truth. 57. Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961)

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   How many Maigret novels did Simenon write?

   • A prolific writer, Simenon produced over 75 Maigret novels, many of which are yet to be translated into English (I once tried reading a Simenon novel in the original French but unfortunately my GCSE knowledge proved no match for their strange sentence configurations and multiple noun genders), and as such I am yet to read the entire collection.

   The Top Five Best Maigret Novels To Get You Into Simenon

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   What is a defining characteristic of the Maigret novels?

   • In fact, a defining characteristic of the Maigret novels is a certain warmth. Unlike the cold loners who usually populate detective novels, Maigret is happily married (to “Madame Maigret,” of course). He doesn’t have his creator’s wandering eye or his questionable ethics. He’s a loving husband and a good man, honest and fair.

   Georges Simenon and the Top 6 Maigret Mystery Novels

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9. www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk › blog › 2019Reading all the Maigrets - London Review Bookshop

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   Aug 15, 2019 · One memorable story is for three quarters of its length a description of a single interrogation in Maigret’s office at the Quai des Orfèvres. It is Simenon’s greatest achievement that this variety of different story-types all feel as though they belong in a single coherent world.