Maigret at the coroner's
1st American ed.
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Contributions
- Frances Keene - Translator
Publication
1980 - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, USA, New York (State)
Language
English
Translation of: Maigret chez le coroner
Word Count
43,250 words, Guess
Page Count
173 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL4124425M
- ISBN-100151555567
- OCLC Control Number6487929
- OCLC Control Numbermaigretatcoroner00sime
- Library of Congress Control Number80081491
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1441055
- Goodreads1867404
Classifications
- DDC843/.912
- LCCPQ2637.I53 M255713 1980
- LCCPQ2637.I53 M2557 1970
and 1 more
- LCCPQ2637.I53 M25613
Alternate Titles
- Maigret and the Coroner
Description
Chief Superintendent Margret finds himself, to his own surprise, attending an inquest in Tucson. Arizona, deposited there by an American colleague front the FBI. It in his first taste of the American judicial system, and he finds it strange indeed. Bessie Mitchell had been found dead on the railroad tracks between Tucson and Nogales. That night she had been in a car with a group of lusty young men. four of whom had been manifestly clouds. Why had they abandoned Bessie in the desert? Obviously the men were covering up for each other. Margret was boiling to get the truth out of them, French style. But this was the United States. While the coroner does his questioning. Margret runs an internal commentary on two different cultures and systems, adding humor and an intriguing perspective to a complex murder mystery.
Description
Translated by Frances Keene. Translation of "Maigret chez le coronor"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
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