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A man's head / Georges Simenon ; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury.
Van Pelt Library PQ2637.I53 T413 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989.
- Series:
- Inspector Maigret mystery.
- Inspector Maigret mystery
- Standardized Title:
- Tãete d'un homme. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Maigret, Jules (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Maigret, Jules.
- Maigret, Jules (Fictitious character).
- Police--France--Paris--Fiction.
- Police.
- France--Paris.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 170 pages ; 17 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 2006.
- Summary:
- Set in the oppressively squalid streets of Paris, this novel features famed Inspector Maigret as he tracks a killer on the run. The author's sharp prose evokes the atmosphere of Parisian luxury hotels, seedy bars, and dark alleys.
- Contents:
- Cell no. 11
- The sleeping man
- The evening paper
- Headquarters
- Caviar sandwiches
- Caviar again
- A family in trouble
- A man in the house
- The next day
- Maigret become talkative
- Four aces
- A parting shot.
- Notes:
- "This translation first published as A battle of nerves in The patience of Maigret by Routledge 1939."
- "A Penguin mystery."
- ISBN:
- 0143037285
- OCLC:
- 63245659
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