Maigret and the old people

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Sinopse

'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'He had seldom been so perplexed by human beings. Would a psychiatrist, a teacher or a novelist...have been better placed to understand characters who had suddenly materialized from another century?'Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected official who has been found shot dead in his study by his housekeeper. After interviewing everyone concerned Maigret is at a loss to the identity of the perpetrator until he comes across a series of letters from the past fifty years between the victim and a recently widowed woman.As Maigret uncovers the details behind the two's relationship he gets closer to discovering the tragic truth behind the official's demise. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Society. 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century .. . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian

Participantes

Autor: Georges Simenon

Tradutor: Shaun Whiteside

Autor

GEORGES SIMENON

Georges Simenon nasceu em 1903 em Liège, na Bélgica. Começou a publicar histórias em 1923, sob vários pseudônimos. O total de sua produção ultrapassa quatrocentos livros, dois quais destacam-se 75 romances e 28 protagoizados pelo Comissário Maigret. Simenon morreu em 1989, em Lausanne, na Suíça, onde passou a maior parte da vida.