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  • Published: 1 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241284650
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $27.99

The Hand




A new translation of this gripping novel, the inspiration for David Hare's new play The Red Barn

Dan said he would go back out into the snowstorm to look for Ray. Instead he has spent the last few hours on a red bench in the barn, smoking cigarette after cigarette. As he replays his memories of recent months, of the dinner party that evening in Connecticut and the journey home with their wives, his heroic search for his friend turns into a trial of their friendship - one that could leave Ray to perish in the snow.

  • Published: 1 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241284650
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

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