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Maigret Goes to School - (Inspector Maigret) by Georges Simenon (Paperback)

Maigret Goes to School - (Inspector Maigret) by  Georges Simenon (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"First published in French as Maigret áa l âecole by Presses de la Citâe 1954."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b><b><b>"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --<i>The Guardian</i></b></b><br></b><br>Inspector Maigret becomes entangled in the dramas of a small town on his quest to solve the murder of their former postmistress<br></b><br> Maigret is called from his usual duties in Paris to investigate a murder in a small village located close to La Rochelle. A local postmistress has been killed and suspicion has fallen on the local schoolmaster. When Maigret gets there, he discovers a very inward-looking community of people who hated the victim because she knew all their secrets. Maigret must determine if one of those secrets was enough to make someone into a killer.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for Georges Simenon: </b> <p/>"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --<i>The Guardian</i> <p/> "These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/> "Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals." --<i>People</i> <p/> "I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov." --William Faulkner <p/> "The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature." --André Gide <p/> "A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness." --<i>The Independent</i> (London) <p/> "Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales." --<i>The Observer</i> (London) <p/> "Compelling, remorseless, brilliant." --John Gray <p/> "A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable--lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates." --Muriel Spark <p/> "A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it."lle --Peter Ackroyd <p/> "Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century." --John Banville<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Georges Simenon</b> (1903-1989) was born in Liège, Belgium. He is best known in the English-speaking world as the author of the Inspector Maigret books. His prolific output of more than four hundred novels and short stories has made him a household name in continental Europe.

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