| Pietr the Latvian Contributor(s): Simenon, Georges (Author), Bellos, David (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0141392738 ISBN-13: 9780141392738 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Inspector Maigret |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.34" W x 7.72" (0.29 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --The Guardian In Simenon's iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster's true identity Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives notice from Interpol that a notorious conman known only as Peitr the Latvian is en route to France. Armed with a broad description and a scant few clues, Maigret plans to intercept him at the train station outside Paris. But when he arrives, he finds that there are several suspects--some living, and some dead--who meet the description uncannily well. Who is Pietr the Latvian, truly? A vagrant, a seaman, a businessman, a corpse? Russian, Norwegian, American or Latvian? In Pietr the Latvian, the iconic first novel of Simenon's classic series that made Inspector Maigret a legendary figure in the annals of detective fiction, Maigret must use his every instinct to unravel the mystery and track down the truth. |