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One by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet. A taxi pulled up. It wasn't the public prosecutor yet. A young woman crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, leaving a whiff of perfume in her wake....

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Main Author: Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 (Author)
Other Authors: Schwartz, Ros (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
French
Published: London, England : Penguin Books, 2014.
Series:Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989. Inspector Maigret ; 13.
Penguin classics.
Subjects:
Maigret, Jules > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > France > Paris > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.
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Summary:One by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet. A taxi pulled up. It wasn't the public prosecutor yet. A young woman crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, leaving a whiff of perfume in her wake. Summoned to the dimly-lit Place des Vosges one night, where he sees shadowy figures at apartment windows, Maigret uncovers a tragic story of desperate lives, unhappy families, addiction and a terrible, fatal greed.
Item Description:Originally published in French as: L'ombre chinoise. Fayard, 1932.
Physical Description:147 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9780141394183
0141394188
Author Notes:The prolific Belgian-born writer Georges Simenon produced hundreds of fictional works under his own name and 17 pseudonyms, in addition to more than 70 books about Inspector Maigret, long "the favorite sleuth of highbrow detective-story readers" (SR). More than 50 "Simenons" have been made into films. In addition to his mystery stories, he wrote what he called "hard" books, the serious psychological novels numbering well over 100. The autobiographical Pedigree, set in his native town of Liege, is perhaps his finest work. The publication of Simenon's intimate memoirs also attracted considerable attention. Simenon himself once said that he would never write a "great novel." Yet Gide called him "a great novelist, perhaps the greatest and truest novelist we have in French literature today," and Thornton Wilder (see Vol. 1) found that Simenon's narrative gift extends "to the tips of his fingers." The following are some of Simenon's novels, exclusive of the Maigret detective stories, that are in print.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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