'Powerful . . . unputdownably gripping' Guardian 'The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a belljar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas' During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles Dr Mahé caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him. This is the first English translation of The Mahé Circle, Simenon's dark, malevolent depiction of an ordinary man trapped in mundanity and consumed by obsession. 'Extraordinary . . . Simenon is one of the most important writers of the 20th century' Independent
ISBN: | 9780141394169 |
Publication date: | 5th June 2014 |
Author: | Georges Simenon |
Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 160 pages |
Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
Genres: |
Translated Fiction Classic Crime and Mystery Fiction Classics |