- Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, Large type books
Madame Maigret telephones to alert her husband that a frightened young man has called at their home and will wait there to see Maigret at his midday meal. When Maigret returns home, he is annoyed to discover that his mysterious guest has left, and more disturbed that one of his prized revolvers has gone with him.
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and grave.
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- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Georges Simenon
- First published
- 1956
- Pages
- 188
- Publisher
- Polirom, Presses de la Cité., Macmillan
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- German, rum, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780685115282
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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon était un écrivain belge. Auteur prolifique, il a publié près de 200 romans et de nombreuses nouvelles. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé le roman policier Maigret. ---------- Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Simenon
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