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176 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1958
An unusually powerful and compelling piece of work, which has undeservedly beenHe stops in mid-sentence. No, this will never do. It sounds like a blurb. He erases it.
It is hard to say why Simenon is not taken more seriously. His novels timelessly examine the human condition, and his spare, elegant style can easily be compared withWith who? Hemingway? No, too obvious. Inaccurate as well. That Swedish author perhaps, what was he called?
THIS IS A VERY GOOD BOOK ABOUT DEATHWas that it? He had felt he was going to write more, but he seems to have finished. All the same, he thinks, it's not so bad. I have written better reviews, but I have written many worse ones. It captures the essential facts.
Good stuff! I thought you'd stopped posting.He has to reply,
not yet :)and then he leans back and smiles. Soon, he thinks to himself, quite soon. I am almost ready.