| The Mahé Circle Contributor(s): Simenon, Georges (Author), Reynolds, Sian (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0141394161 ISBN-13: 9780141394169 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: 843.914 |
| Series: Penguin Modern Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.20 lbs) 160 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 The first-ever English publication of Georges Simenon's compelling novel about summer escape and elusive obsessions "The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a belljar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas." During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles, Dr. Mah caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence--or may destroy him. Taut, insightful, and impossible to put down, this is the first English translation of The Mah Circle, Simenon's dark, malevolent depiction of an ordinary man trapped in mundanity and consumed by obsession. |