{"product_id":"inspector-maigretisbn-9780141394176","title":"Inspector Maigret","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA forgotten crime comes to light in the heart of Parisian summer in this twisted Inspector Maigret tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“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, the trams and cars all seem to exist in a fairy tale.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cb\u003ePraise for Georges Simenon:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The matchless French crime novelist.” —Adam Gopnik, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.” —William Faulkner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An astute observer of human nature, writing in a spare and vivid style.” —Amor Towles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I never read contemporary fiction–with one exception: the works of Simenon.” —T.S. Eliot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One of the most important writers of our century.” —Gabriel García Márquez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A favorite writer of mine.” —Sigrid Nunez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A great writer of detail, of atmosphere.” —Leïla Slimani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Feels incredibly modern…A great writer.” —Ian Rankin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.” —André Gide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.” —John Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable—lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates.” —Muriel Spark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.” —Peter Ackroyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.” —John Banville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\" ―\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" ―\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping . . . richly rewarding . . . You'll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn.\" ―Stig Abell, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in  Britain as the author of the Maigret books, 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.\u003cp\u003eGeorges Simenon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE TWO-PENNY BAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by David Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreviously published as The Bar on the Seine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePENGUIN BOOKS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England\u003cbr\u003e Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA\u003cbr\u003e Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)\u003cbr\u003e Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd)\u003cbr\u003e Penguin Group (Australia), 707 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3008, Australia (adivision of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd)\u003cbr\u003e Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India\u003cbr\u003e Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd)\u003cbr\u003e Penguin Books (SouthAfrica) (Pty) Ltd, Block D, Rosebank Office Park, 181 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown North, Gauteng 2193, South Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewww.penguin.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in French as \u003ci\u003eLa Guinguette à deux sous\u003c\/i\u003e by Fayard 1932\u003cbr\u003eThis translation first published as \u003ci\u003eThe Bar on the Seine\u003c\/i\u003e in Penguin Books 2003, and revised 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright 1932 by Georges Simenon Limited\u003cbr\u003eTranslation copyright © Georges Simenon Limited, 2003, 2014\u003cbr\u003eGEORGES SIMENON ® Simenon.tm\u003cbr\u003eMAIGRET ® Georges Simenon Limited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover photograph (detail) © Burt Glinn\/Magnum Photos\u003cbr\u003eFront cover design by Alceu Chiesorin Nunes\u003cbr\u003eCover credit: © Harry Gruyaert\/Magnum Photos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe moral rights of the author and translator have been asserted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTypeset by Palimpsest Book Production Ltd, Falkirk, Stirlingshire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-0-698-18304-9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Saturday with Monsieur Basso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The Lady’s Husband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Two Boats\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Meetings in Rue Royale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Doctor’s Car\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Haggling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. The Second-Hand Dealer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. James’s Mistress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Twenty-Two Francs of Ham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Inspector Maigret’s Absence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Ulrich’s Murderer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEXTRA: Chapter 1 from \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Puppet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePENGUIN CLASSICS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TWO-PENNY BAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— William Faulkner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A truly wonderful writer … marvellously readable – lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Muriel Spark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Few writers have ever conveyed with such a sure touch, the bleakness of human life’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— A. N. Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘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’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were part of it’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Peter Ackroyd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— André Gide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Superb … The most addictive of writers … A unique teller of tales’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The mysteries of the human personality are revealed in all their disconcerting complexity’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Anita Brookner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— P. D. James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A supreme writer … Unforgettable vividness’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Compelling, remorseless, brilliant’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— John Gray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— John Banville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorges Simenon was born on 12 February 1903 in Liège, Belgium, and died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. Between 1931 and 1972 he published seventy-five novels and twenty-eight short storiesfeaturing Inspector Maigret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimenon always resisted identifying himself with his famous literary character, but acknowledged that they shared an important characteristic:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy motto, to the extent that I have one, has been noted often enough, and I’ve always conformed to it. It’s the one I’ve given to old Maigret, who resembles me in certain points … ‘understand and judge not’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Saturday with Monsieur Basso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA radiant late afternoon. The sunshine almost as thick as syrup in the quiet streets of the Left Bank. And everything – the people’s faces, the countless familiar sounds of the street – exuded a joy to be alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are days like this, when ordinary life seems heightened, when the people walking down the street, the trams and cars all seem to exist in a fairy tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was 27 June. When Maigret arrived at the gate of the Santé prison he found the guard gazing soppily at a little white cat that was playing with the dog from the dairy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome days the pavement must be more resonant underfoot: Maigret’s footsteps echoed in the vast courtyard. He walked to the end of a corridor, where he asked a warder:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Does he know? …’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Not yet.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA key turned in the lock. The bolt was pulled back. A high-ceilinged cell, very clean. A man stood up, looking unsure as to which expression to adopt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘All right, Lenoir?’ the inspector asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe man nearly smiled. But a thought came into his mind and his face hardened. He frowned suspiciously, and his mouth twisted into a sneer for a moment or two. Then he shrugged his shoulders and held out his hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I see,’ he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘What do you see?’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA resigned smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Give it a rest, eh? You must be here because …’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I’m here because I’m off on holiday tomorrow and …’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prisoner gave a hollow laugh. He was a tall young man. His dark hair was brushed back. He had regular features, fine brown eyes. His thin dark moustache set off the whiteness of his teeth, which were as sharp as a rodent’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘That’s very kind of you, inspector …’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe stretched, yawned, put down the lid of the toilet in the corner of the cell which had been left up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Excuse the mess …’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen suddenly, looking Maigret in the eye, he said:\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304968999141,"sku":"NP9780141394176","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780141394176.jpg?v=1730758985","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/inspector-maigretisbn-9780141394176","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}