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by Georges Simenon (Author) "But for quite a chance incident, what Frank Friedmaier did that night would have been no more than relatively important ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (4 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752853783
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752853789
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 275,215 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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At nineteen, Frank Friedmaier is thief, pimp and murderer. He has never known his father, his mother keeps a brothel. His mind is cold and inhospitable. But Simenon reveals the obsession with self-torture that lurks within it, and explores the intricate psychology of a young criminal, even lending the repellent Frank a chilling grandeur as he faces remorseless interrogation and his fate. A bleak and brilliant masterpiece from Simenon at his superlative best.

About the Author
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was born in Liege, Belgium. At sixteen he began work as a journalist on the Gazette de Liege. He moved to Paris in 1922 and became a prolific writer of popular fiction, working under a number of pseudonyms. In 1931 he published the first of the novels featuring Maigret, his most famous and enduring creation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A shock to the system, 5 Jun 2009
This is a stand alone Simenon novel and not one of the famous Maigret series. The story centres on Frank a 19 year old based somewhere in Northern Europe. The location is some sort of metropolitan Hades which is never specified. Frank is amoral, obnoxious, capable of theft and murder. His most disturbing crime is the procurement for rape of his 16 year old neighbour.

The first half of the novel is relatively 'standard' describing Frank's life of violent crime, brothels and the underworld. It offers the classic 'liberal' cause of environment as responsible for Frank's actions. However the second half moves deeper into Frank's head showing his self awareness of his amorality.

There are no laughs in this novel, it is a bleak, disturbing look into a torturing and tortured mind. The final escape from the horror of it all only comes from facing the father of the despoiled Sissy. But, there is no happy ending.

There is a recurring theme of Frank as The Outsider, 'he has nothing in common with them anymore', 'he had seen what was on the other side' and 'he had set his course for the ultimate limit'. Frank's striving for the 'ultimate limit' is key but I am not 100% certain the translator has got this phrase spot on.

This is serious and multi-layered literature that I will definitely read again. Strongly recommended, oddly moving and utterly different from what I expected of Georges Simenon.
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