The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: Portrait of Georges Simenon de Patrick Marnham - 1992

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1992-04-16. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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London: Bloomsbury, 1992. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(+). Illustrated. xviii + 346 pages, 8vo, green cloth, d.w. London: Bloomsbury, (1992). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

Bloomsbury, 1992. Hardcover. Good/good.

GB: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1992. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1100g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/nrFine DW.

London: UK: Bloomsbury Press , 1992. 1st ed. near fine in dj, small closed tear at rear, one wrinkle. Includes selected bibliography, 340+ pages.Georges Simenon was, during his lifetime, the bestselling writer alive. He created Chief Inspector Maigret, one of the most-loved and sanest characters in modern fiction, but was himself an alcoholic, a fantasist, a man possessed by the demon of sexual jealousy, a crime writer whose own life was haunted by the possibility of crime. His stated ideal was family life, but he conducted a quarrel with his widowed mother that lasted for 50 years, and his own family life ended in catastrophe with the suicide of his daughter. He married twice and seduced hundreds of women, including Josephine Baker. Simenon's writing life was in itself quite a story. He wrote 193 novels under his own name and 200 under 17 pseudonyms. His sales were over 500 million in 55 languages. His admirers ranged from Celine and Colette to T.S.Eliot, Somerset Maugham, Fellini and George… Leer más

London: UK: Bloomsbury Press, 1992. 1st ed. near fine in dj, small closed tear at rear, one wrinkle. Includes selected bibliography, 340+ pages. Georges Simenon was, during his lifetime, the bestselling writer alive. He created Chief Inspector Maigret, one of the most-loved and sanest characters in modern fiction, but was himself an alcoholic, a fantasist, a man possessed by the demon of sexual jealousy, a crime writer whose own life was haunted by the possibility of crime. His stated ideal was family life, but he conducted a quarrel with his widowed mother that lasted for 50 years, and his own family life ended in catastrophe with the suicide of his daughter. He married twice and seduced hundreds of women, including Josephine Baker. Simenon's writing life was in itself quite a story. He wrote 193 novels under his own name and 200 under 17 pseudonyms. His sales were over 500 million in 55 languages. His admirers ranged from Celine and Colette to T.S.Eliot, Somerset Maugham, Fellini and George… Leer más