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After being shot following a man who has mysteriously jumped off a moving train, Maigret gets caught up in an investigation in a provincial French town terrorized by a maniacal murderer. Maigret conducts the inquiry from his bed in the Hôtel d'Angleterre, with Madame Maigret at his side, unearthing a sequence of scandals. The Madman of Bergerac brilliantly captures the oppressive snobbery and hypocrisy of small-town bourgeoise.
'The mysteries of the human personality are revealed in all their disconcerting complexity' - Anita Brookner
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After being shot following a man who has mysteriously jumped off a moving train, Maigret gets caught up in an investigation in a provincial French town terrorized by a maniacal murderer. "The Madman of Bergerac" captures the obsessive snobbery and hypocrisy of small-town bourgeoise.
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Georges Simenon was born at Liege in Belgium in 1903. He published over 160 books and his work has been admired by almost all the leading French and English critics. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages and more than 40 have been filmed.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0141187263
- ISBN 13 9780141187266
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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