- Published: 13 November 2017
- ISBN: 9780241297261
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192
- RRP: $19.99
Maigret and the Headless Corpse
Inspector Maigret #47
- Published: 13 November 2017
- ISBN: 9780241297261
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192
- RRP: $19.99
Not just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and confessor.
Boyd Tonkin, The Times
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
One of Simenon's masterpieces ... Simenon's subject is how people who are pushed to the edge push themselves over it; the force of the sleuthing is that of psychoanalysis, not police interrogation.
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
One of the greatest writers of the 20th century . . . no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set of characters - above all, an atmosphere.
John Banville, Financial Times
A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness
Independent
The most addictive of writers . . . a unique teller of tales
Observer
One of Simenon's masterpieces . . . photographic . . . a superior stylist . . . . . . Simenon's subject is how people who are pushed to the edge push themselves over it; the force of the sleuthing is that of psychoanalysis, not police interrogation
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker
Gem-hard soul-probes . . . not just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and confessor
Boyd Tonkin, The Times