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Loading... Liberty Bar (1932)by Georges Simenon
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Inspector Maigret travels to the Riviera to solve the murder of a man stabbed in the back. Two households of women, so much booze, a dreamy-as-hell atmosphere, and an outcome that hits like a ton of bricks. One of my favorite Simenons so far. ( ) Top notch Simenon ... the milieu of the bar and Jaja and Sylvie. The place Brown went when he had done everything he needed to do and was just slowly expiring. Getting away from the mistress and her mother. I was surprised by the clarity of the ending ... the one beautiful tryst with Sylvie and Jaja crazy making jealousy. I love that he tossed the knife in the bushes on his way back to the villa. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesMaigret (17) Belongs to Publisher SeriesGli Adelphi [Adelphi] (109) Maigret en acción (37) Zwarte Beertjes (173) Is contained in
A new translation of Georges Simenon's devastating novel set on the French Riviera, book seventeen in the new Penguin Maigret series. It had a smell of holidays. The previous evening, in Cannes harbour, with the setting sun, had also had the smell of holidays, especially the Ardena, whose owner swaggered in front of two girls with gorgeous figures.. Dazzled at first by the glamour of sunny Antibes, Maigret soon finds himself immersed in the less salubrious side of the Riviera as he retraces the final steps of a local eccentric. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret on the Riviera. 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray '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' Guardian 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)843.912Literature French and related languages French fiction Modern Period 20th Century 1900-1945LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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