The Late Monsieur Gallet

Inspector Maigret #2

Georges Simenon, Anthea Bell

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Penguin
03 February 2014

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime; Fiction in translation

Series: Maigret

A devastating tale of misfortune, betrayal and the weakness of family ties, newly translated for the Maigret series

Instead of the detail filling itself in and becoming clearer, it seemed to escape him. The face of the man in the ill-fitting coat just misted up so that it hardly looked human. In theory this mental portrait was good enough, but now it was replaced by fleeting images which should have added up to one and the same man but which refused to get themselves into focus.

The circumstances of Monsieur Gallet's death all seem fake- the name the deceased was travelling under and his presumed profession, and more worryingly, his family's grief. Their haughtiness seems to hide ambiguous feelings about the hapless man. In this haunting story, Maigret discovers the appalling truth and the real crime hidden behind the surface of lies.

By: Georges Simenon
Translated by: Anthea Bell
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 134g
ISBN: 9780141393377
ISBN 10: 0141393378
Series: Maigret
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 03 February 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was born in Liege, Belgium. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of more than four hundred novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. Anthea Bell is the award-winning translator of numerous French and German works: from the Asterix comics to W. G. Sebald's literary masterpiece Austerlitz.