Synopses & Reviews
In his suit and bowler hat, Inspector Maigret feels out of place among the palm trees, bright colors, and half-clad, tanned vacationers on the Cote dAzur, in this deft, psychologically fascinating story of men who kick over the traces-and men who dont. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
About the Author
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was born in Lie`ge, Belgium. As a young man he worked as a baker, journalist, and bookseller and published his first novel at seventeen. He went on to write more than two hundred novels, becoming one of the world's most prolific and bestselling authors. His books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been translated into fifty languages.