'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves
'Florentin pulled one of those faces which had once amused his classmates so much and disarmed the teachers . . .
Maigret didn't dare to ask why he had come to see him. He studied him, struggling to believe that so many years had passed . . .
He was so used to acting the fool that his face automatically assumed comical expressions. But his face was still greyish, his eyes anxious.'
A visit from a long-lost schoolmate who has fallen on hard times forces Maigret to unpick a seedy tangle of love affairs in Montmartre, and to confront the tragedy of a wasted life.
This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Boyhood Friend.
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville
'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian
| ISBN: | 9780241304235 |
| Publication date: | 4th July 2019 |
| Author: | Georges Simenon |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 178 pages |
| Series: | Inspector Maigret |
| Genres: |
Classic crime and mystery fiction Classic fiction: general and literary Crime and mystery: police procedural Fiction in translation |
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves
'Florentin pulled one of those faces which had once amused his classmates so much and disarmed the teachers . . .
Maigret didn't dare to ask why he had come to see him. He studied him, struggling to believe that so many years had passed . . .
He was so used to acting the fool that his face automatically assumed comical expressions. But his face was still greyish, his eyes anxious.'
A visit from a long-lost schoolmate who has fallen on hard times forces Maigret to unpick a seedy tangle of love affairs in Montmartre, and to confront the tragedy of a wasted life.
This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Boyhood Friend.
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville
'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian
Maigret's Childhood Friend features in the following genres: Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Fiction in translation
Maigret's Childhood Friend is available in Ebook, Paperback
Maigret's Childhood Friend was written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Maigret's Childhood Friend has 178 pages
Yes it is part of Inspector Maigret series
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