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The Friend of Madame Maigret (Penguin Red Classics) by: Georges Simenon List Price: £7.99 City Travel Guides Price: £5.99 You Save: £2.00 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780141029603 ISBN: 0141029609 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: April 26, 2007 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Sales Rank: 36056 Related Items:
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 Rating: - A Bygone Glimpse of ParisI was first introduced to Maigret in 1972, when I used to have to read them in French at school. Despite that introduction I still found them interesting enough to seek out English versions to read - an altogether much quicker and less painful approach! What I love about Georges Simenon is his descriptive powers, so much so that you can really visualise the zinc topped cafe and its enticing aroma of coffee and the taste of the buttery couissants. You can smell his pipe smoke and ponder health and safety issues, whilst wondering how Maigret ever managed to work effectively after the large lunch and all that wine! At 160 pages long, you are not going to get a massive plot and millions of characters, but it's a good read ... Read More: |
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