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A 50th-anniversary edition of the pioneering novel featuring African American police detective Virgil Tibbs
They call me Mr. Tibbs” was the line immortalized by Sidney Poitier in the 1967 Oscar-winning movie adaptation. Now fans of classic crime can rediscover this suspense-filled novel whose hero paved the way for James Pattersons Alex Cross, George Pelecanoss Derek Strange, and other African American detectives.
A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. Its no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black manVirgil Tibbsis a skilled homicide detective, passing through racially tense Wells, South Carolina, on his way back to California. Even more surprising, Wellss new police chief recruits Tibbs to help with the investigation. But Tibbss presence in town rubs some of the locals the wrong way, and it wont be long before the martial artstrained detective has to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety.
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A 50th-anniversary edition of the pioneering novel featuring African American police detective Virgil Tibbs with a foreword by John Ridley, creator of the TV series American Crime and Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave
They call me Mr. Tibbs was the line immortalized by Sidney Poitier in the 1967 Oscar-winning movie adaptation of In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award and was named one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.Now fans of classic crime can rediscover this suspense-filled novel whose hero paved the way for James Patterson s Alex Cross, George Pelecanos s Derek Strange, and other African American detectives.
A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. It s no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man Virgil Tibbs is not the killer but a skilled homicide detective, passing through racially tense Wells, South Carolina, on his way back to California. Even more surprising, Wells s new police chief recruits Tibbs to help with the investigation. But Tibbs s presence in town rubs some of the locals the wrong way, and it won t be long before the martial arts trained detective has to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety.
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Georges Simenon's riveting tale of deception in an isolated community, part of Penguin's series of new Inspector Maigret translations "She came forward, the outlines of her figure blurred in the half-light. She came forward like a film star, or rather like the ideal woman in an adolescent's dream. 'I gather you wish to talk to me, Inspector . . . but first of all please sit down . . .' Her accent was more pronounced than Carl's. Her voice sang, dropping on the last syllable of the longer words."
Maigret has been interrogating Carl Andersen for seventeen hours without a confession. He's either innocent or a very good liar. So why was the body of a diamond merchant found at his isolated mansion? Why is his sister always shut away in her room? And why does everyone at Three Widows Crossroads have something to hide?
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A gripping new translation of the first novel in the famous Inspector Maigret series
What he sought, what he waited and watched out for was the crack in the wall. In other words, the instant when the human being comes out from behind the opponent . . .
Who is Pietr the Latvian? Is he a gentleman thief? A Russian drinking absinthe in a grimy bar? A married Norwegian sea captain? A twisted corpse in a train bathroom? Or is he all of these men? Inspector Maigret, tracking a mysterious adversary and a trail of bodies, must bide his time before the answer comes into focus.
The first book in the brand new Penguin Simenon series featuring brilliant renderings by some of today's best translators from French, Pietr the Latvian introduces the intrepid Inspector to a new audience.
About the Author
Georges Simenon (19031989) was born on February 12th, 1903 in Liege, Belgium. At the age of nineteen, Simenon embarked to Paris to begin a career as a writer. In 1923 he began publishing under various pseudonyms, and in 1929 began the Inspector Maigret series which helped elevate him to a household name in continental Europe. His prolific output of more than four hundred novels and the gripping, dark realism of his prose has cemented him as an inedlible fixture of twentieth century literature. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
David Bellos is the director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, where he is also a professor of French and comparative literature. He has won many awards for his translations of Georges Perec, Ismail Kadare, and others, including the Man Booker International Translators Award.