Maigret's Christmas: Nine Stories - Hardcover

Simenon, Georges

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151555516 ISBN 13: 9780151555512

Publisher: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1977

Synopsis

This seasonal collection of short stories brings together three separate cases involving murder, break-ins and a missing child - all set in Paris at Christmastime

About this title

About the Author:

Georges Simenon (Author)
Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

David Coward (Translator)
David Coward is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds and has translated many books from French for Penguin Classics.

Synopsis:

Nine stories present Simenon's dauntless detective in a series of cases in which Maigret's paternal side is activated and his detection efforts considerably aided by some observant and resourceful children.

About this edition

• Publisher: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0151555516
• ISBN 13: 9780151555512
• Binding: Hardcover