10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIMENON»
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Georges
Simenon: Maigrets and the Romans Durs
Georges Simenon was one of the major French-language novelists of the twentieth century as well as one of the most prolific: 190 potboilers signed with 17 pseudonyms, 358 novels and short stories signed Simenon, 25 autobiographical works, ...
Hans Koning has described Dirty Snow as “one of the very few novels to come out of German-occupied France that gets it exactly right.” In a study of the criminal mind that is comparable to Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me, Simenon ...
Looks at the life of author Georges Simenon, from his troubled youth and controversial political activities to his literary rise and association with some of the great cultural icons of his time
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Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
Georges Simenon was the most popular and prolific of the twentieth century’s great novelists. Three Bedrooms in Manhattan—closely based on the story of his own meeting with his second wife—is his most passionate and revealing work.
Simenon (1903-1989), creator of Inspector Maigret, dispassionately describes the fate of the odd Mr. Hire, a reclusive middle-aged man whose life of dull routine begins an inevitable slide into disaster when a prostitute is brutally ...
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Simenon: A Critical Biography
The most comprehensive account of Georges Simenon's life and work in either English or French--from his youth and adolescence in Belgium, through his spirited beginnings as a writer of pulp fiction in the Paris of the 20s, his invention of ...
The Widow is the story of two outcasts and their fatal encounter. One is the widow herself, Tati. Still young, she’s never had an easy time of it, but she’s not the kind to complain.
When it first appeared in English in 1964, British novelist and critic Brigid Brophy declared The Train to be “the novel his admirers had been expecting all along from Simenon.” Until The Train, she wrote, the dazzlingly prolific ...
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The Man who Watched Trains Go by
A man who has lived within the lines of moral conduct and good behavior for most of his life discovers in one fateful evening that his world is unraveling and commits murder--an act that seems to contradict his entire life. Reprint.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIMENON»
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Simenon given Goodwood option
After winning on his next start over hurdles at Tipperary, Simenon then spent almost a year on the sidelines with injury, but following a pleasing comeback at ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
Georges Simenon's Maigret novels in delightful new translations
Belgian novelist Georges Simenon (1903-1989) is a big name in 20th-century literature, available in English and dozens of other languages for 80 years. «Philly.com, Jun 15»
Simenon primed to rule for Mullins in Gold Cup
All told, Simenon, so gallingly denied by Estimate in 2013, might be the one to keep on side under the excellent James Doyle. Willie Mullins has a stunning ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
Simenon on track for Ascot Gold
Simenon is firmly on course for a third tilt at the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot after delighting trainer Willie Mullins on his return to action at Sandown. «Racinguk.com - pure racing entertainment, Jun 15»
Simenon's Island of Bad Dreams
In Monsieur Monde Vanishes, one of the finest of what Simenon called his romans durs, or “hard” novels, the eponymous central character, a successful, ... «The New York Review of Books, Jun 15»
Simenon set to make comeback in Henry II Stakes at Sandown
Connections of talented dual-purpose performer Simenon believe the Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Trusts Henry II Stakes at Sandown on Thursday represents ... «RTE.ie, May 15»
Maigret author Georges Simenon had a 'realistic' love life
Georges Simenon was one of the 20th century's most prolific authors and probably its most promiscuous. His energy in the study was matched only by his ... «The Australian, May 15»
Review: John Banville on The Blue Room, by Georges Simenon
Both Simenon and Kafka force us to press our noses against the world's window and stare unblinking at things we feel we should not be seeing yet cannot stop ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
The Case of Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon (1903-89) had, at the very least, two identities. One was the Belgian altar boy who quickly made the transition from failed pastry chef to ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
The Maigret-a-Month Club
Georges Simenon was a phenomenon, a hack who became a great writer. The reverse is more common. We can all think of authors who started with high ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
