Maigret in Holland

2nd ed.

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Contributions

Geoffrey Sainsbury - Translator

Publication

1993 - Harcourt Brace, New York, USA, New York (State)

Language

English

Translation of: Un crime en Hollande

Word Count

41,250 words, Guess

Page Count

165 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL1726430M
ISBN-100151551596
OCLC Control Number26635526
OCLC Control Numbermaigretinholland00sime_0
Library of Congress Control Number92030504

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Goodreads1867406
LibraryThing337542

Classifications

DDC843/.912
LCCPQ2637.I53 C713 1993

Description

Maigret had only a faint idea of what it was all about when he arrived one May afternoon in Delfzijl, a small town squatting on the low coast in the extreme northeast of the Netherlands.

First Sentence

Maigret had only a faint idea of what it was all about when he arrived one May afternoon in Delfzijl, a small town squatting on the low coast in the extreme northeast of the Netherlands.

Description

"Inspector Maigret arrives in the prim, toylike town of Delfzijl to investigate the murder of Conrad Popinga, a teacher.". "Almost immediately the French sleuth is presented the floor plans of the victim's house and shown two clues: a sailor's cap in the bathtub and a Manila cigar butt on the dining-room carpet. The suspects: a strapping, giggling farmer's daughter with an interest in men; an angry, flat-chested woman lawyer; a larcenous ship owner; a young and unaccountably frightened cadet; and a pompous criminologist who was found holding a revolver at the scene of the crime.". "Maigret, meanwhile, is preoccupied with the path nearby, which at night is lit every fifteen seconds by a lighthouse beam. A spot where lovers might be discovered ..." "Simenon tells the absorbing story of people of human appetites and vitality who are put in the straitjacket of small town respectability - until they can no longer stand it. Vintage Simenon."--BOOK JACKET.