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Sep 12, 2022 · The British playwright David Hare, who adapted a Maigret book for the stage, insists that Simenon—being Belgian-born and so an outsider—disdained the usual French prattle about gastronomy, and...
Oct 3, 2011 · Julian Symons, an expert on the detective novel, claimed that the Maigret novels were not really part of that genre, because, he said, Simenon was not interested in detection.
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A French version, Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret, starred Jean Richard in 88 episodes between 1967 and 1990; [23] however, Simenon himself is said to have disliked Richard's Maigret because he would not take his hat off when entering a room. [24]
TitleFrench-language Publication DatePenguin Uk Reissue DateReissue #Maigret et Monsieur CharlesFebruary 19729 Jan 202075Maigret et l'indicateurJune 19715 Dec 201974Maigret et l'homme tout seulFebruary 19717 Nov 201973May 19703 Oct 201972Just as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had done with Sherlock Holmes, Georges Simenon tried to dispose of his detective early in the series without fully appreciating his enormous appeal to readers, who promptly insisted on his return. Both authors have also, since their deaths, become very much overshadowed by the icons they created.
Jan 10, 2020 · Simenon confessed that “old Maigret . . . resembles me in certain points”. However, in his protagonist he painted no self-portrait. Flaubert and Joyce prescribed that the artist, like...
Nov 20, 2013 · Yet Simenon was not Maigret; instead, he was almost the exact opposite. Where Simenon was promiscuous, Maigret is uxorious. Where Simenon was self-promoting, Maigret is self-effacing.
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Feb 20, 2015 · In Simenon’s non-Maigret “thrillers,” the central character is lured from the cocoon of himself into a wider world of sexual and philosophical peril.
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