Maigret's World: A Reader's Companion to Simenon's Famous Detective

by Murielle Wenger and Stephen TRUSSEL

Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories that feature Chief Inspector Jules Maigret provide us with a great deal of information about the French police detective--but only in small, episodic doses. As readers become acquainted with Maigret one detail at a time, he slowly takes on a flesh-and-bone realism--not merely a character in a story, but someone we would like to meet in real life. This book presents all the canonical facts and details...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476669775
• ISBN13: 9781476669779
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher