Fiction, roman dur, France, fiction, Maigret, jules (fictitious character), fiction
Hector Loursat, a lawyer, has lived as a drunken recluse since his wife left him 18 years before. Estranged even from his own daughter, his mind is numbed by bottles of Burgundy. But when a body is found in his home, the investigation unearths secrets that shake Loursat's seclusion to the core.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and intimate.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Georges Simenon
- First published
- 1940
- Pages
- 237
- Publisher
- Doubleday, TusQuets, New York Review Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- German, French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780241487099
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