- Paperback: 186 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books; paperback / softback edition (5 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0143038931
- ISBN-13: 978-0143038931
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 12.3 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Bygone Glimpse of Paris,
By wunjot (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Friend of Madame Maigret (Pocket Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
I was first introduced to Maigret in 1972, when I used to have to read them in French at school. Despite that introduction I still found them interesting enough to seek out English versions to read - an altogether much quicker and less painful approach!
What I love about Georges Simenon is his descriptive powers, so much so that you can really visualise the zinc topped cafe and its enticing aroma of coffee and the taste of the buttery couissants. You can smell his pipe smoke and ponder health and safety issues, whilst wondering how Maigret ever managed to work effectively after the large lunch and all that wine! At 160 pages long, you are not going to get a massive plot and millions of characters, but it's a good read for the train, beach or plane. It will also take you back to a simpler, bygone Paris
5.0 out of 5 stars
simenon meets hitchcock?,
This review is from: The Friend of Madame Maigret (Paperback)
The unlikely ordinary person (madame Maigret)is caught up in unlikely circumstances. The usual Macguffin (or two) the child, the suitcase, foreigners litter the tale with Maigret and co in plodding chase to find if there was a murder based on two teeth found in a furnace , if so who was this and how was the body put there. The main suspects seem unlikely partakers in crime, yet the tabloids quote an ambitious advocate calling for Maigret's head as the investigation stalls. Should Maigret start again or use underhand tactics to make a breakthrough? Where are the chocolate Chrysler and the Italian Countess. Can Madame Maigret find the important clue?
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4.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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beware of duplication,
By William H. Abbott "reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Friend of Madame Maigret (Inspector Maigret Mysteries) (Paperback)
The book is good, but it was published years ago as "Madame Maigret's Own Case." So beware of duplication.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Jules Gets Help From Madame,
By Douglas S. Wood "Vicarious Life" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Friend of Madame Maigret (Inspector Maigret Mysteries) (Paperback)
If you don't know Maigret and you like detective stories, then you are in for a treat - or about 76 treats because that's how many Maigret novels the prolific Georges Simenon published. (I take this number from an excellent essay in the Times Literary Supplement about Simenon by Paul Theroux called "Georges Simenon, the existential hack". The essay is available online.) As with many of the Maigret stories, this one is also published under another name, Madame Maigret's Own Case. Most, if not all, of the books in this new series were previously published under a different title. Maigret is a seasoned French chief inspector of detectives with an eye for human foibles and a distinct humanism about his policing. Some lists include this title as one of the best of Maigret. Personally, I haven't found much to choose between them - as long as they are primarily set in Paris. Don't be put off by the title (either title). Madame Maigret's role, while key, is also collateral. She provides some crucial information, but Jules really does the work along with his crew of Lucas, Janvier and a very young La Pointe. Highly recommended. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The human noir comedy,
By David Van Elslande - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Friend of Madame Maigret (Inspector Maigret Mysteries) (Paperback)
The book - like many others - contains everything which was promised in Simenon's biography by Assouline: a short crime novel more focused on the power of human instinct than on the crime itself, on the grey monotony of life than on a complex plot (easily untangled), on the quiet disappointment of human nature than on any unexpected deception. Closer to Dostoievsky than A.Conan Doyle, probably because Simenon wrote crime novels where - in the end - the crime didn't matter as much as the reasons for it.
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