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Inspector Maigret #75
Maigret and Monsieur Charles
When an elegant but nervous woman appears in Inspector Maigret's office and reports her rich and successful husband missing, Maigret and Lapointe find themselves on the trail of a man leading a double life: a prominent Parisian solicitor by day, a playboy known as "Monsieur Charles" by night.
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1972
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Georges Simenon
2,738 books2,300 followersGeorges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 – 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
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March 14, 2022
آقای شارل مردیست که با همسرش مشکلات زیادی دارد. سالهاست ازدواج آنها تنها به زندگی زیر یک سقف خلاصه میشود. شارل عادت دارد با زنهای کاباره غیب شود و بعد از چند روز بازگردد. اما بعد از چند هفته غیبت همسرش نگرانش شده و به سراغ کارآگاه مگره میآید... مگره که به تازگی فرماندهی پلیس را رد کرده تا در دایره جنایی باقی بماند باید دنبال شارل بگردد... اگر او کشته شده قاتل او کیست؟
دومین خوانش از سیمنون هم جذاب بود. سیمنون به واکاوی امیال شخصیتها بسیار بها میدهد و هرچقدر داستان به آخر نزدیکتر میشود هم جرم رخ داده منطقی میشود هم اتفاقات رخ دادهی پیش از قتل قابل درک. یک نکتهی جالب دیگر هم در دو داستان حضور اندک و موثر خبرنگارهاست.
دومین خوانش از سیمنون هم جذاب بود. سیمنون به واکاوی امیال شخصیتها بسیار بها میدهد و هرچقدر داستان به آخر نزدیکتر میشود هم جرم رخ داده منطقی میشود هم اتفاقات رخ دادهی پیش از قتل قابل درک. یک نکتهی جالب دیگر هم در دو داستان حضور اندک و موثر خبرنگارهاست.
November 28, 2021
Non possono non essere altro che cinque stelle. E non tanto per l'originalita' della trama, per la consueta sublime arte dello scrivere, creare dialoghi. Cinque stelle perche' si avverte l'incombere della fine, di un cambiamento irreversibile. Sembra quasi che il commissario avverta, sappia, che "non verra' piu' scritto". Si comporta in maniera diversa dal solito, piu' alla mano, lascia persino briglia sciolta al perennemente giovane Lapointe e, cosa notevole, per una volta giudica. Non riesce questa volta a contestualizzare, comprendere il colpevole del delitto che si trova a investigare. Intuisce la non sincerita' delle giustificazioni addotte, avverte l'utilitarismo meschino del gesto giustificato a parole da una presunta disperazione senza fine.
July 19, 2021
Απροσδόκητα, ένα από τα καλύτερα βιβλία του Σιμενόν (αν και το τελευταίο του).
Βαθμολογία: 4,5/5 ή 9/10.
Θα γίνει και κριτική του βιβλίου.
Βαθμολογία: 4,5/5 ή 9/10.
Θα γίνει και κριτική του βιβλίου.
May 28, 2022
The Final Maigret
Review of the Penguin Classics paperback (January 2020) of a new translation* by Ros Schwartz of the French language original Maigret et monsieur Charles (1972)
Maigret and Monsieur Charles is the final Maigret novel and ends the series on somewhat of an ambiguous note. Maigret has been edging towards retirement for the past several novels with his friend Dr. Pardon telling him cut back his tobacco and alcohol intake and his even enjoying a rest cure by 'taking the waters' during Maigret in Vichy (Maigret #67 - 1968). In Maigret and the Loner (Maigret #73 - 1971) his age was given as being 55 years old, although in book time he had already worked for 42 years since the first serialization of Pietr the Latvian (Maigret #1) in 1929.
The novel opens with an offer for Maigret to become the Head of the Police Judiciare, obviously a pre-retirement promotion and reward for a successful long-standing career of service. The Chief Inspector is reluctant to give up his investigative duties for an administrative position however and distracts himself with a new case. A Madame Sabin-Levesque comes to his office to report her husband the lawyer Gérard Sabin-Levesque as missing, but this is after a period of one month since his actual disappearance. Maigret and his team discover that the prominent lawyer led a second life under the pseudonym of Monsieur Charles, and made a habit of periodically disappearing for several days for extra-marital liaisons. Madame Sabin-Levesque appears to have a second life of her own and is cracking under the stress of the situation and is descending into alcoholism.
Maigret solves the case with his usual understanding of human nature and his sympathy for the suspect, a definite characteristic of the late Maigrets. The novel and the series ends with him determined not to accept the offered promotion but to continue in his Chief Inspector position.
Georges Simenon himself retired from novel writing with this book published in 1972, and instead worked on his memoirs over the course of 21 Dictées (French: Dictations) (1975-1981). There are only 12 currently (as of late May 2022) listed at GR's Listopia for the Simenon Dictées Series but French Wikipedia lists all 21 at Les Dictées.
The cover of the original French language edition of "Maigret and Monsieur Charles" as published by Presses de la Cité, France 1972. Image sourced from Maigret of the Month.
I read the first dozen Maigret novels earlier this year and then intended to proceed with several of Simenon's romans durs (French: hard novels) which he considered his more serious work, as opposed to the lighter fare involving the Chief Inspector. The non-Maigrets are more difficult to source however and there seem to be less than a dozen in current editions from Penguin Classics and a few others from NYRB (New York Review of Books). Anyway, to keep the Simenon pipeline flowing, I thought I'd add a dozen or so of the late Maigrets to my ongoing Simenon reading survey.
This is Maigret #75 in both the recent Penguin Classics series of new translations (2013-2020) of the Inspector Maigret novels and in the previous standard Maigret Series Listopia as listed on Goodreads. There are variances in the numbering of some of the earlier novels otherwise.
Trivia and Links
* The earlier English translation by Marianne Alexandre Sinclair also gave the title as Maigret and Monsieur Charles (Hamish Hamilton, 1973 & later reprints).
There is extensive background and a detailed plot description (spoilers obviously) about Maigret and Monsieur Charles at Maigret of the Month.
Maigret and Monsieur Charles has been adapted for television twice:
The first adaptation was in a 1977 French language television episode of the long-running series
Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967-1990) starring Jean Richard as Inspector Maigret.
The second adaptation was in a 1978 Japanese language television episode 警視と最後の事件 (Keishi to saigo no jiken/The Inspector and the Last Case) of Tokyo Megure Keishi (Inspector Megure of Tokyo) (1976-1978) starring Kinya Aikawa as Inspector Megure. This series reimagines the Maigret stories taking place in then current day 1970s Japan.
There is an article about the Penguin Classics re-translations of the Inspector Maigret novels at Maigret, the Enduring Appeal of the Parisian Sleuth by Paddy Kehoe, RTE, August 17, 2019.
Review of the Penguin Classics paperback (January 2020) of a new translation* by Ros Schwartz of the French language original Maigret et monsieur Charles (1972)
Maigret and Monsieur Charles is the final Maigret novel and ends the series on somewhat of an ambiguous note. Maigret has been edging towards retirement for the past several novels with his friend Dr. Pardon telling him cut back his tobacco and alcohol intake and his even enjoying a rest cure by 'taking the waters' during Maigret in Vichy (Maigret #67 - 1968). In Maigret and the Loner (Maigret #73 - 1971) his age was given as being 55 years old, although in book time he had already worked for 42 years since the first serialization of Pietr the Latvian (Maigret #1) in 1929.
The novel opens with an offer for Maigret to become the Head of the Police Judiciare, obviously a pre-retirement promotion and reward for a successful long-standing career of service. The Chief Inspector is reluctant to give up his investigative duties for an administrative position however and distracts himself with a new case. A Madame Sabin-Levesque comes to his office to report her husband the lawyer Gérard Sabin-Levesque as missing, but this is after a period of one month since his actual disappearance. Maigret and his team discover that the prominent lawyer led a second life under the pseudonym of Monsieur Charles, and made a habit of periodically disappearing for several days for extra-marital liaisons. Madame Sabin-Levesque appears to have a second life of her own and is cracking under the stress of the situation and is descending into alcoholism.
Maigret solves the case with his usual understanding of human nature and his sympathy for the suspect, a definite characteristic of the late Maigrets. The novel and the series ends with him determined not to accept the offered promotion but to continue in his Chief Inspector position.
Georges Simenon himself retired from novel writing with this book published in 1972, and instead worked on his memoirs over the course of 21 Dictées (French: Dictations) (1975-1981). There are only 12 currently (as of late May 2022) listed at GR's Listopia for the Simenon Dictées Series but French Wikipedia lists all 21 at Les Dictées.
The cover of the original French language edition of "Maigret and Monsieur Charles" as published by Presses de la Cité, France 1972. Image sourced from Maigret of the Month.
I read the first dozen Maigret novels earlier this year and then intended to proceed with several of Simenon's romans durs (French: hard novels) which he considered his more serious work, as opposed to the lighter fare involving the Chief Inspector. The non-Maigrets are more difficult to source however and there seem to be less than a dozen in current editions from Penguin Classics and a few others from NYRB (New York Review of Books). Anyway, to keep the Simenon pipeline flowing, I thought I'd add a dozen or so of the late Maigrets to my ongoing Simenon reading survey.
This is Maigret #75 in both the recent Penguin Classics series of new translations (2013-2020) of the Inspector Maigret novels and in the previous standard Maigret Series Listopia as listed on Goodreads. There are variances in the numbering of some of the earlier novels otherwise.
Trivia and Links
* The earlier English translation by Marianne Alexandre Sinclair also gave the title as Maigret and Monsieur Charles (Hamish Hamilton, 1973 & later reprints).
There is extensive background and a detailed plot description (spoilers obviously) about Maigret and Monsieur Charles at Maigret of the Month.
Maigret and Monsieur Charles has been adapted for television twice:
The first adaptation was in a 1977 French language television episode of the long-running series
Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967-1990) starring Jean Richard as Inspector Maigret.
The second adaptation was in a 1978 Japanese language television episode 警視と最後の事件 (Keishi to saigo no jiken/The Inspector and the Last Case) of Tokyo Megure Keishi (Inspector Megure of Tokyo) (1976-1978) starring Kinya Aikawa as Inspector Megure. This series reimagines the Maigret stories taking place in then current day 1970s Japan.
There is an article about the Penguin Classics re-translations of the Inspector Maigret novels at Maigret, the Enduring Appeal of the Parisian Sleuth by Paddy Kehoe, RTE, August 17, 2019.
July 25, 2025
I think I’ve read this, the last of the Maigret novels, before, but it didn’t matter. With Simenon the texture is if anything more significant than the resolution of the plot, and that’s the case here.
November 11, 2019
The 75th and final Inspector Maigret novel.
I guess many people have read the odd Maigret story. Unlike my preferred choice to read a series in chronological order I had read them in a haphazard manner principally as they were released in short sets or omnibuses from time to time.
I was delighted that Penguin Books commissioned a complete set of novels from 1 to 75 to be given modern translations and re-published in the order they first were released. Publishing a new Maigret every month. I was hooked from the start; I have subsequently purchased and read each in this published order.
For October 2019 I have Maigret’s Madwomen #72 ready to read. Then I was offered an ARC of #75 due out I assume in Jan 2020.
Having already read it and in the spirit of this great publishing event I thought I’d re-read it and be an early reviewer to share my love for Maigret.
Like Simenon designed there is little internal chronology within the stories to demand the order is kept. They become cases that could have happened within a loose timeframe. Earlier attempts to retire him off did not work and his retirement is still some 3 years away in this last novel.
This book brings this all into focus though in that it starts with an offer of promotion to an administrative role which would take him away from day to day police work. Something he has struggled to do while he has been head of the Crime Squad even so, ‘he’d often been criticised for not conducting (his investigations) from his own desk, choosing instead to play an active role and undertaking tasks that were usually carried out by inspectors.’
He refuses saying: ‘I’ve been an active police officer for forty years, and I’d find it hard to spend my days in an office, studying files and dealing with administrative matters ....’.
In almost perfect symmetry his novels span 41 years from 1931 to 1975.
Maigret and Monsieur Charles is a case that will get him back on the streets investigating a missing person. Although, it isn’t his department the assumption is that it may lead into a suspicious death and perhaps also to be out and active on a case to turn his nose up on promotion he does what he loves best. This is Maigret in theory and action; loathed to delegate as he needs to sense and gauge the people involved. That process begins here before a body has even been discovered.
All stories are timeless across these 4 decades; methods have changed in forensics but the heart of knowing people; old fashioned police detective work, following up leads and hunches is at the heart of a Maigret novel.
Paris is often the backdrop; the different classes and social standing explored with Maigret often needing time to appreciate the milieu and motivation of the participants caught up in the investigation. He likes to know the victim and interview any suspect first-hand.
So that is all here; the sights and sounds. The smells and alcohol taken along the way. The participants are from extremes in class, that shows Maigret more at ease in bars and nightclubs than high end society.
Always a joy to read; pure enchantment of a bygone age. Entertaining mysteries that are slowly revealed with wonderful interactions between our main protagonist and his wife, his detective team (boys); the suspects, experts and legal teams he encounters.
I guess many people have read the odd Maigret story. Unlike my preferred choice to read a series in chronological order I had read them in a haphazard manner principally as they were released in short sets or omnibuses from time to time.
I was delighted that Penguin Books commissioned a complete set of novels from 1 to 75 to be given modern translations and re-published in the order they first were released. Publishing a new Maigret every month. I was hooked from the start; I have subsequently purchased and read each in this published order.
For October 2019 I have Maigret’s Madwomen #72 ready to read. Then I was offered an ARC of #75 due out I assume in Jan 2020.
Having already read it and in the spirit of this great publishing event I thought I’d re-read it and be an early reviewer to share my love for Maigret.
Like Simenon designed there is little internal chronology within the stories to demand the order is kept. They become cases that could have happened within a loose timeframe. Earlier attempts to retire him off did not work and his retirement is still some 3 years away in this last novel.
This book brings this all into focus though in that it starts with an offer of promotion to an administrative role which would take him away from day to day police work. Something he has struggled to do while he has been head of the Crime Squad even so, ‘he’d often been criticised for not conducting (his investigations) from his own desk, choosing instead to play an active role and undertaking tasks that were usually carried out by inspectors.’
He refuses saying: ‘I’ve been an active police officer for forty years, and I’d find it hard to spend my days in an office, studying files and dealing with administrative matters ....’.
In almost perfect symmetry his novels span 41 years from 1931 to 1975.
Maigret and Monsieur Charles is a case that will get him back on the streets investigating a missing person. Although, it isn’t his department the assumption is that it may lead into a suspicious death and perhaps also to be out and active on a case to turn his nose up on promotion he does what he loves best. This is Maigret in theory and action; loathed to delegate as he needs to sense and gauge the people involved. That process begins here before a body has even been discovered.
All stories are timeless across these 4 decades; methods have changed in forensics but the heart of knowing people; old fashioned police detective work, following up leads and hunches is at the heart of a Maigret novel.
Paris is often the backdrop; the different classes and social standing explored with Maigret often needing time to appreciate the milieu and motivation of the participants caught up in the investigation. He likes to know the victim and interview any suspect first-hand.
So that is all here; the sights and sounds. The smells and alcohol taken along the way. The participants are from extremes in class, that shows Maigret more at ease in bars and nightclubs than high end society.
Always a joy to read; pure enchantment of a bygone age. Entertaining mysteries that are slowly revealed with wonderful interactions between our main protagonist and his wife, his detective team (boys); the suspects, experts and legal teams he encounters.
March 8, 2020
Άλλο ένα υπέροχο βιβλίο του Σιμενον. Ο αστυνόμος Μαιγκρε θα λύσει το μυστήριο με το θάνατο του συμβολαιογράφου.
August 4, 2021
quando un libro non mi acchiappa, perché la storia non mi interessa (Ohio), perché la storia mi interessa ma non mi piace come è raccontata (La traversata),insomma per qualsiasi ragione, la cosa più facile, la più ovvia, la più efficace è tornare dallo zio commissario, accompagnarlo sul lungosenna, alla brasserie Dauphine, nel suo ufficio con le pipe sulla scrivania. Con lui ho incontrato decine di mariti fedifraghi, mogli avide di denaro o di dominio, prostitute desolate, proprietari di night club dove succede tutto quello che ci si potrebbe aspettare, giovani innamorati di un’idea di donna o di uomo, parenti che non amano parenti, portinai onniscienti, padri padroni, figli che nessuno vorrebbe avere.
Ha ragione chi ritiene che le storie di Maigret siano ripetitive, che spesso denuncino la rapidità, comunque prodigiosa, con cui Georges le sapeva scrivere. Ma nell’incrocio fra tutte queste storie sconfortanti e l’equilibrio personale inscalfibile del commissario; fra le strade di Parigi o della provincia in cui ogni tanto gli capita a lavorare e la scoperta che si può fare giustizia senza né odiare né disprezzare, io trovo una comfort zone che non si usura neanche attraverso settantacinque storie, non tutte perfette o imprevedibili.
Ha ragione chi ritiene che le storie di Maigret siano ripetitive, che spesso denuncino la rapidità, comunque prodigiosa, con cui Georges le sapeva scrivere. Ma nell’incrocio fra tutte queste storie sconfortanti e l’equilibrio personale inscalfibile del commissario; fra le strade di Parigi o della provincia in cui ogni tanto gli capita a lavorare e la scoperta che si può fare giustizia senza né odiare né disprezzare, io trovo una comfort zone che non si usura neanche attraverso settantacinque storie, non tutte perfette o imprevedibili.
December 4, 2022
"Maigret ablakán kissé még fázósan pillantott be a márciusi nap. A főfelügyelő játszogatott. Persze nem építőkockákkal, mint kisgyerekkorában, hanem a pipáival."
Így indul Maigret és a közjegyző története, ezzel a kellemes és otthonos képpel. :)
Élveztem olvasni ezt a kötetet is, bár megintcsak picit egyszerű volt a megoldás, nem sok bonyodalommal a történetvezetésben, akárcsak az előzőnél, a Maigret és az öreg szerelmesekben.
A lélektan talán fontosabb volt, az alkoholista karaktert nagyon pontosan ábrázolja. A csapodár közjegyző eltűnését felesége jelenti be, akinek legjobb barátja a konyakosüveg.
Maigret Lapointe-nal karöltve járja végig a helyi mulatókat a férj nyomát keresve, akiről kiderül, Monsieur Charles-ként ismerik, megszokott volt tőle korábban is hogy el-eltünedezett napokra, néhány hétre...
Maigret a konyaktól kissé elundorodik az alkoholista nő miatt, de később inspirációt keresve ő is legurít azért egy pohárkával az ánizslikőr mellé. Gombás borjúmirigy, pacal és mandulás sütemény is fogy ebben a részben, valamint megtudjuk, hogy Maigret reggeli kávé adagja bő három deci. :)
Remek neveket adtak a mulatóknak, legjobban a Riccs-raccs és A háncsszoknya tetszettek. Az meg külön kis mosoly volt, hogy szerepel a könyvben a "luxuspipi" szó. Nagyon tetszett a fordítás (Ertl István). :) És a borító is az egyik legjobb a Parkos kiadványok közt.
Tanultam két új kifejezést is a könyvből:
- zákányos - mámoros, ittas kapatos
- fügét mutat = fityiszt mutat
Bővebben: https://pupillaolvas.blogspot.com/202...
Így indul Maigret és a közjegyző története, ezzel a kellemes és otthonos képpel. :)
Élveztem olvasni ezt a kötetet is, bár megintcsak picit egyszerű volt a megoldás, nem sok bonyodalommal a történetvezetésben, akárcsak az előzőnél, a Maigret és az öreg szerelmesekben.
A lélektan talán fontosabb volt, az alkoholista karaktert nagyon pontosan ábrázolja. A csapodár közjegyző eltűnését felesége jelenti be, akinek legjobb barátja a konyakosüveg.
Maigret Lapointe-nal karöltve járja végig a helyi mulatókat a férj nyomát keresve, akiről kiderül, Monsieur Charles-ként ismerik, megszokott volt tőle korábban is hogy el-eltünedezett napokra, néhány hétre...
Maigret a konyaktól kissé elundorodik az alkoholista nő miatt, de később inspirációt keresve ő is legurít azért egy pohárkával az ánizslikőr mellé. Gombás borjúmirigy, pacal és mandulás sütemény is fogy ebben a részben, valamint megtudjuk, hogy Maigret reggeli kávé adagja bő három deci. :)
Remek neveket adtak a mulatóknak, legjobban a Riccs-raccs és A háncsszoknya tetszettek. Az meg külön kis mosoly volt, hogy szerepel a könyvben a "luxuspipi" szó. Nagyon tetszett a fordítás (Ertl István). :) És a borító is az egyik legjobb a Parkos kiadványok közt.
Tanultam két új kifejezést is a könyvből:
- zákányos - mámoros, ittas kapatos
- fügét mutat = fityiszt mutat
Bővebben: https://pupillaolvas.blogspot.com/202...
October 28, 2024
Maigret en meneer Charles werd in 1972 gepubliceerd en is het laatste boek dat Simenon schreef in de fameuze Maigret-reeks die bijna tachtig titels omvat.
Maigret krijgt bezoek van een vrouw die meldt dat haar man al enige tijd vermist is. Hij duikt onmiddellijk in deze zaak. De man van de vrouw was een beroemde notaris. Het echtpaar leefde in luxe, maar zonder enige affectie. De vrouw is alcoholiste en maakt een zeer verbitterde indruk. Maigret praat met haar en met de waarnemend notaris. Ondertussen worden de gangen van de vrouw door politiemensen gevolgd.
Geleidelijk aan wordt er meer duidelijk over het verleden van de vrouw. Dat is anders dan zij voorwendt. Maigret probeert de puzzel rond te krijgen. Simenon weet de spanning in het verhaal te houden. Zo blijft lang onduidelijk of de notaris is vermist of vermoord. Uiteindelijk wordt zijn lijk gevonden. De vraag wie de moord gepleegd heeft, wordt pas tegen het einde van het boek opgehelderd. Dit gebeurt op een geloofwaardige manier. De kracht van Simenon is het psychologische inlevingsvermogen in de aan alcohol verslaafde vrouw en in de vermoorde echtgenoot. Opvallend is ook hier de omvang van de alcoholconsumptie in het boek. Maigret lust graag een biertje of een glaasje cognac. De charme is steeds ook de Parijse couleur locale. Het boek is vlot leesbaar en boeit van begin tot einde.
Maigret krijgt bezoek van een vrouw die meldt dat haar man al enige tijd vermist is. Hij duikt onmiddellijk in deze zaak. De man van de vrouw was een beroemde notaris. Het echtpaar leefde in luxe, maar zonder enige affectie. De vrouw is alcoholiste en maakt een zeer verbitterde indruk. Maigret praat met haar en met de waarnemend notaris. Ondertussen worden de gangen van de vrouw door politiemensen gevolgd.
Geleidelijk aan wordt er meer duidelijk over het verleden van de vrouw. Dat is anders dan zij voorwendt. Maigret probeert de puzzel rond te krijgen. Simenon weet de spanning in het verhaal te houden. Zo blijft lang onduidelijk of de notaris is vermist of vermoord. Uiteindelijk wordt zijn lijk gevonden. De vraag wie de moord gepleegd heeft, wordt pas tegen het einde van het boek opgehelderd. Dit gebeurt op een geloofwaardige manier. De kracht van Simenon is het psychologische inlevingsvermogen in de aan alcohol verslaafde vrouw en in de vermoorde echtgenoot. Opvallend is ook hier de omvang van de alcoholconsumptie in het boek. Maigret lust graag een biertje of een glaasje cognac. De charme is steeds ook de Parijse couleur locale. Het boek is vlot leesbaar en boeit van begin tot einde.
June 9, 2024
The very last 'Maigret' novel that Simenon ever wrote. There are 75 books in the series in total and they span more than 40 years of writing, an incredible achievement by any standard. I read the first, 'Pietr the Latvian', three years ago; and I plan to read all of them. I have read 35 so far. I decided to 'bookend' the entire series by reading the final novel.
I had heard that the last novels in the cycle were fairly weak, and this certainly proved true with the opening chapters; but the book improved, and I do wonder if Simenon was capable of writing a bad book. Even the weakest 'Maigret' novels I have read so far have something that redeems them.
I had heard that the last novels in the cycle were fairly weak, and this certainly proved true with the opening chapters; but the book improved, and I do wonder if Simenon was capable of writing a bad book. Even the weakest 'Maigret' novels I have read so far have something that redeems them.
December 2, 2021
This was the last of the 75 Inspector Maigret novels that Georges Simenon wrote over a forty year period. Maigret and Monsieur Charles tells of a missing and well-loved attorney and his strange dipsomaniac wife. Maigret looks for "Monsieur Charles" (his name when out clubbing) for half the book, until finally his body is found and enough clues have accumulated to send Maigret out to arrest the perpetrator.
I have read almost half of the Maigret novels. As I add to the number, I am as enthralled as when I read my first Maigret back in 1976.
I have read almost half of the Maigret novels. As I add to the number, I am as enthralled as when I read my first Maigret back in 1976.
February 24, 2020
Maigret is a few years short of his retirement and has just refused promotion to the post of Head of the Police Judiciary, preferring the human contact he enjoys as Head of the Criminal Division. His wish is granted when Madam Nathalie Sabin-Levesque, an elegant but highly nervous lady insists that he personally investigates the disappearance of her husband Gerard, a highly successful and rich Parisian lawyer.
Maurice Denham - Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Michael Gough - Georges Simenon
John Rye - Inspector Albert Lapointe
Sean Barrett - Inspector Janvier
Sheila Grant - Mme. Nathalie Sabin-Levesque, nee Frassier
Cyril Shaps - Jean Lecureur
Pauline Letts - Blanche Bonnard
Nicolette McKenzie – Martine
Douglas Blackwell - Maurice Mocco
Michael Goldie - Vittorio Petrini
Jeffrey Segal - Dr. Paul
Anne Rosenfeld - The Concierge
Adapted for radio by Frederick Bradnum.
Produced and directed by Betty Davies
https://archive.org/details/MaigretAn...
4* Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)
3* The Carter of 'La Providence' (Maigret, #2)
3* The Late Monsieur Gallet (Maigret, #3)
4* The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (Maigret, #4)
3* A Man's Head (Maigret #5)
4* The Yellow Dog (Maigret #6)
4* The Night at the Crossroads (Maigret #7)
2* A Crime in Holland (Maigret #8)
3* The Grand Banks Café (Maigret, #9)
3* The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (Maigret #10)
3* The Two-Penny Bar (Maigret, #11)
4* The Misty Harbour (Maigret, #15)
4* Lock No. 1 (Maigret, #18)
4* The Cellars of the Majestic (Maigret, #20)
3* Inspector Cadaver (Maigret, #25)
3* Maigret Se Fache (Maigret, #26)
4* Maigret's Holiday (Maigret, #28)
4* La première enquête de Maigret (Maigret, #30)
4* My Friend Maigret (Maigret #31)
4* Maigret at the Coroner's (Maigret #32)
3* The Friend of Madame Maigret (Maigret #34)
3* Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (Maigret, #38)
3* Maigret's Mistake (Maigret, #43)
3* Maigret and the Calame Report (Maigret, #46)
3* Maigret si diverte (Maigret, #50)
3* Maigret in Court (Maigret, #55)
3* Maigret and the Idle Burglar (Maigret, #57)
3* Maigret and the Bum (Maigret, #60)
4* Maigret Loses His Temper (Maigret, #61)
3* Maigret on the Defensive (Maigret, #63)
3* Maigret Bides His Time (Maigret #64)
3* Maigret Hesitates (Maigret, #68)
3* Maigret's Boyhood Friend (Maigret, #69)
3* Maigret and the Madwoman (Maigret, #72)
4* Maigret and the Loner (Maigret, #73)
3* Maigret et monsieur Charles (Maigret, #75)
TR The Shadow Puppet (Inspector Maigret #12)
TR The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Inspector Maigret #13)
TR The Flemish House (Maigret, #14)
TR The Madman of Bergerac (Inspector Maigret #16)
TR Liberty Bar (Maigret, #17)
TR Maigret (Maigret, #19)
TR The Judge's House (Maigret, #21)
TR Cécile is Dead (Maigret, #22)
TR Signed, Picpus (Maigret, #23)
TR Félicie (Maigret, #24)
TR Maigret à New York (Maigret, #27)
TR Il morto di Maigret (Maigret, #29)
TR Maigret et la Vieille Dame (Maigret, #33)
TR Le memorie di Maigret (Maigret #35)
TR Maigret in Montmartre (Maigret #36)
TR Maigret Rents a Room (Maigret #37)
TR Maigret and the Gangsters (Maigret #39)
TR Maigret's Revolver (Maigret #40)
TR Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret #41)
TR Maigret Afraid (Maigret #42)
TR Maigret Goes to School (Maigret #44)
TR Maigret et la jeune morte (Maigret #45)
TR Maigret and the Headless Corpse (Maigret #47)
TR Maigret Sets a Trap (Maigret, #48)
TR Maigret's Failure (Maigret #49)
Maurice Denham - Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Michael Gough - Georges Simenon
John Rye - Inspector Albert Lapointe
Sean Barrett - Inspector Janvier
Sheila Grant - Mme. Nathalie Sabin-Levesque, nee Frassier
Cyril Shaps - Jean Lecureur
Pauline Letts - Blanche Bonnard
Nicolette McKenzie – Martine
Douglas Blackwell - Maurice Mocco
Michael Goldie - Vittorio Petrini
Jeffrey Segal - Dr. Paul
Anne Rosenfeld - The Concierge
Adapted for radio by Frederick Bradnum.
Produced and directed by Betty Davies
https://archive.org/details/MaigretAn...
4* Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)
3* The Carter of 'La Providence' (Maigret, #2)
3* The Late Monsieur Gallet (Maigret, #3)
4* The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (Maigret, #4)
3* A Man's Head (Maigret #5)
4* The Yellow Dog (Maigret #6)
4* The Night at the Crossroads (Maigret #7)
2* A Crime in Holland (Maigret #8)
3* The Grand Banks Café (Maigret, #9)
3* The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (Maigret #10)
3* The Two-Penny Bar (Maigret, #11)
4* The Misty Harbour (Maigret, #15)
4* Lock No. 1 (Maigret, #18)
4* The Cellars of the Majestic (Maigret, #20)
3* Inspector Cadaver (Maigret, #25)
3* Maigret Se Fache (Maigret, #26)
4* Maigret's Holiday (Maigret, #28)
4* La première enquête de Maigret (Maigret, #30)
4* My Friend Maigret (Maigret #31)
4* Maigret at the Coroner's (Maigret #32)
3* The Friend of Madame Maigret (Maigret #34)
3* Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (Maigret, #38)
3* Maigret's Mistake (Maigret, #43)
3* Maigret and the Calame Report (Maigret, #46)
3* Maigret si diverte (Maigret, #50)
3* Maigret in Court (Maigret, #55)
3* Maigret and the Idle Burglar (Maigret, #57)
3* Maigret and the Bum (Maigret, #60)
4* Maigret Loses His Temper (Maigret, #61)
3* Maigret on the Defensive (Maigret, #63)
3* Maigret Bides His Time (Maigret #64)
3* Maigret Hesitates (Maigret, #68)
3* Maigret's Boyhood Friend (Maigret, #69)
3* Maigret and the Madwoman (Maigret, #72)
4* Maigret and the Loner (Maigret, #73)
3* Maigret et monsieur Charles (Maigret, #75)
TR The Shadow Puppet (Inspector Maigret #12)
TR The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Inspector Maigret #13)
TR The Flemish House (Maigret, #14)
TR The Madman of Bergerac (Inspector Maigret #16)
TR Liberty Bar (Maigret, #17)
TR Maigret (Maigret, #19)
TR The Judge's House (Maigret, #21)
TR Cécile is Dead (Maigret, #22)
TR Signed, Picpus (Maigret, #23)
TR Félicie (Maigret, #24)
TR Maigret à New York (Maigret, #27)
TR Il morto di Maigret (Maigret, #29)
TR Maigret et la Vieille Dame (Maigret, #33)
TR Le memorie di Maigret (Maigret #35)
TR Maigret in Montmartre (Maigret #36)
TR Maigret Rents a Room (Maigret #37)
TR Maigret and the Gangsters (Maigret #39)
TR Maigret's Revolver (Maigret #40)
TR Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret #41)
TR Maigret Afraid (Maigret #42)
TR Maigret Goes to School (Maigret #44)
TR Maigret et la jeune morte (Maigret #45)
TR Maigret and the Headless Corpse (Maigret #47)
TR Maigret Sets a Trap (Maigret, #48)
TR Maigret's Failure (Maigret #49)
September 1, 2021
A good book but not one of his best in my opinion.
March 6, 2022
An engaging, character based crime fiction novel where Gerard Sabin-Levesque, a prominent and successful lawyer goes missing. His wife reports him missing after one month. Maigret gradually finds out that Gerard Sabin-Levesque was a cheerful, well liked man who enjoyed the company of beautiful women. His wife was the opposite of her husband in a number of ways.
This book was first published in 1972 and is the last novel in the Maigret series of 75 books.
This book was first published in 1972 and is the last novel in the Maigret series of 75 books.
June 19, 2024
No, no, no!!! Così non vale, Simenon.
La soluzione arriva come un coniglio che salta fuori dal cappello, senza alcun indizio...
La soluzione arriva come un coniglio che salta fuori dal cappello, senza alcun indizio...
June 8, 2017
Σιμενόν δεν απογοητεύει σχεδόν ποτέ. Πολύ κονιάκ.
August 10, 2024
A fitting send-off for Maigret.
September 27, 2018
The last Maigret novel, it feels faintly familiar at times, but there's a gradual build up of psychological interest. Maigret has 3 years to go before retirement and has been offered a promotion to a largely desk bound post. If he takes it, this might be the last opportunity he has to conduct a case first hand and there's a sense of nostalgia in his obligatory visits to bars, restaurants and a variety of places connected to the case. A former streetwalker whom he arrested when a young policeman provides a helpful tip, giving a sense of closure to the series, but one that is offered as a mere accidental or grace note. Simenon refrains from melodrama even when his plots are full of drama and emotion.
January 24, 2020
The 75th, and final, Maigret, and the last novel Simeonon wrote before he simply gave up writing. As usual understated and brilliant. As a whole the series is almost unrivalled as an achievement. I recommend every single Maigret novel. The earlier ones are a shade better, the later ones tend to be more formulaic and stray into repetition, but all are worth reading. Taken as a whole, an astonishing character study as well as mapping the changing world and Paris over 4 decades.
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September 1, 2020I’m finally done reading every single Maigret novel in English, and it makes me sad. Simenon created a supremely human character in Jules Maigret. He treated every investigation as a chance to empathize with his fellow humans, whatever crime and whatever the reasons for said crime. His regret at making an arrest (most of the time) are matched by my regret at finishing the final Maigret novel.
July 5, 2025
Η τελευταία περιπέτεια του Μαιγκρέ!
January 2, 2026
Empezar el año con un Maigret no hace daño. Y este, el último de la serie, es de los que más me gusta.
October 13, 2022
Unfortunately for me I've now read them all for the 3rd time, wanting more .
The whole series is excellent with nary a dud. I've read mysteries by many authors and the only one who compares is Martha Grimes. I do enjoy the Sherlock Holmes stories but Simenon is a cut above Doyle .
The whole series is excellent with nary a dud. I've read mysteries by many authors and the only one who compares is Martha Grimes. I do enjoy the Sherlock Holmes stories but Simenon is a cut above Doyle .
March 27, 2021
The last Maigret novel. A well crafted story of a wealthy Parisian lawyer who has gone missing from his alcoholic wife, and is then found murdered at the bottom of the Seine. Maigret starts the novel being offered the job of Superintendent of the Police Judiciary, but doesn't wish to accept - happier with his life of investigating cases in person, in bars, nightclubs, and in the homes of Parisians, rich and poor. As it is the last novel Simenon wrote about his most famous creation, we never get to find out his decision, although it is fairly obvious what his preference would have been. This story fully involves Maigret's ability to get inside the mind of his suspects, to understand how people behave, and to empathise with those whose lives are difficult. As he says to his friend Doctor Pardon when discussing how emotionally involved in gets in his cases ".... each time I am caught up in a human experience. When you’re called out to the bedside of an unknown patient, don’t you feel personally involved too? Don’t you fight against death as if the patient were someone dear to you?".
I read the first Maigret "Pietr the Latvian" in March 2015, and this last one six years later, having read them all in order. The first book was published in 1931 and this final novel in February 1972. Forty years of brilliant writing and the creation of an amazing character. In 1972 Simenon described the moment when he sat down to write his next novel and realized there would be no more: "At the beginning of February … I had written Maigret et Monsieur Charles, not knowing that it would be my final novel … September 18 I go down to my office to set up the yellow folder for a new novel. I close my door at 9.00 am. I have to set down the names of my characters, their résumés, their ancestry, sometimes their childhood friends, all the pertinent information … It would not work out".
I will now finish my relationship with Maigret by reading the 27 short stories (or those still published).
I read the first Maigret "Pietr the Latvian" in March 2015, and this last one six years later, having read them all in order. The first book was published in 1931 and this final novel in February 1972. Forty years of brilliant writing and the creation of an amazing character. In 1972 Simenon described the moment when he sat down to write his next novel and realized there would be no more: "At the beginning of February … I had written Maigret et Monsieur Charles, not knowing that it would be my final novel … September 18 I go down to my office to set up the yellow folder for a new novel. I close my door at 9.00 am. I have to set down the names of my characters, their résumés, their ancestry, sometimes their childhood friends, all the pertinent information … It would not work out".
I will now finish my relationship with Maigret by reading the 27 short stories (or those still published).
December 10, 2012
L’ho scritto nel commento a un altro Maigret: maneggiare con cura, può creare dipendenza.
E così è stato, ho voluto iniziarne la lettura immediatamente dopo aver letto il precedente.
Se dovessi fare una graduatoria pura e semplice, direi che questo Maigret mi è piaciuto leggermente meno dell’altro.
Come nell'altro caso anche qui il lettore intuisce subito chi può essere l’assassino del notaio Sabin – Levesque, misteriosamente scomparso da casa senza più dare notizia di sé. Anche in questo romanzo Simenon approfondisce il carattere e la personalità della vittima attraverso le indagini, le domande a chi lo conosceva e faceva parte della sua vita, ed il ritratto che ne emerge alla fine non è così lusinghiero come sembrerebbe all’inizio del libro. Come un puzzle, ricostruiamo con Maigret la figura di un uomo egoista ed immaturo, un viziato figlio di papà (notaio), che per divertimento la notte assume un’altra identità, trasformandosi in un’altra persona, il signor Charles, che, come l’ape vola di fiore in fiore, si trastulla di sera in sera con fanciulle diverse. Anche in questo romanzo spicca una figura, tra i sospettati, quella della vedova, una donna misteriosa, della quale ugualmente scopriremo pian piano la estrema infelicità e solitudine, per le quali l'unica consolazione è la bottiglia. Benissimo la comprende Maigret, che di lei dice:” Non posso fare a meno di avere pietà di lei, perché è dura e fragile nello stesso tempo”.
E allora cosa è che mi fa dire che mi è piaciuto di meno dell’altro libro appena letto?
Mi è piaciuta poco la modalità scelta da Simenon nel finale per risolvere il caso, che chiaramente non posso dire altrimenti che gusto ci sarebbe a leggere il libro.
Per il resto confermo: Simenon può creare una piacevolissima dipendenza. Ora però lo lascio per un po’ di tempo al Quai des Orfevres con i suoi ispettori…
E così è stato, ho voluto iniziarne la lettura immediatamente dopo aver letto il precedente.
Se dovessi fare una graduatoria pura e semplice, direi che questo Maigret mi è piaciuto leggermente meno dell’altro.
Come nell'altro caso anche qui il lettore intuisce subito chi può essere l’assassino del notaio Sabin – Levesque, misteriosamente scomparso da casa senza più dare notizia di sé. Anche in questo romanzo Simenon approfondisce il carattere e la personalità della vittima attraverso le indagini, le domande a chi lo conosceva e faceva parte della sua vita, ed il ritratto che ne emerge alla fine non è così lusinghiero come sembrerebbe all’inizio del libro. Come un puzzle, ricostruiamo con Maigret la figura di un uomo egoista ed immaturo, un viziato figlio di papà (notaio), che per divertimento la notte assume un’altra identità, trasformandosi in un’altra persona, il signor Charles, che, come l’ape vola di fiore in fiore, si trastulla di sera in sera con fanciulle diverse. Anche in questo romanzo spicca una figura, tra i sospettati, quella della vedova, una donna misteriosa, della quale ugualmente scopriremo pian piano la estrema infelicità e solitudine, per le quali l'unica consolazione è la bottiglia. Benissimo la comprende Maigret, che di lei dice:” Non posso fare a meno di avere pietà di lei, perché è dura e fragile nello stesso tempo”.
E allora cosa è che mi fa dire che mi è piaciuto di meno dell’altro libro appena letto?
Mi è piaciuta poco la modalità scelta da Simenon nel finale per risolvere il caso, che chiaramente non posso dire altrimenti che gusto ci sarebbe a leggere il libro.
Per il resto confermo: Simenon può creare una piacevolissima dipendenza. Ora però lo lascio per un po’ di tempo al Quai des Orfevres con i suoi ispettori…
January 24, 2020
Rating 4
It was my intention to read the series in published sequence as these new editions were appearing at one per month. Despite best intentions that went by the board quite quickly I’m afraid.
Anyway here we are at the 75th and final Maigret novel. There is really no mystery being investigated in this novel at all, as Maigret spends the majority of the time trying to understand the lady who came to see him to report a missing person. That didn’t detract from the novel at all in my opinion. The book had 2 strands to it - firstly Maigret having only 3 years until compulsory retirement and not wanting to be promoted away from the investigatory role into an admin/figurehead one; and secondly the investigation into the missing lawyer and the unusual relationship he had with his wife. A lot of the book was spent inside Maigret’s thoughts as he considers his options for his future and this particular case. Although some of his team of inspectors are encountered during the story as is Madame Maigret until the majority of other occasions they do not seem to make moloch impression on either the flow of the story or the reader.
Overall then despite what could be read as negatives above, a strong recommendation for either some one who has already started the Maigret series and liked it and for someone who wants to read an author who writes very well about the human condition.
It was my intention to read the series in published sequence as these new editions were appearing at one per month. Despite best intentions that went by the board quite quickly I’m afraid.
Anyway here we are at the 75th and final Maigret novel. There is really no mystery being investigated in this novel at all, as Maigret spends the majority of the time trying to understand the lady who came to see him to report a missing person. That didn’t detract from the novel at all in my opinion. The book had 2 strands to it - firstly Maigret having only 3 years until compulsory retirement and not wanting to be promoted away from the investigatory role into an admin/figurehead one; and secondly the investigation into the missing lawyer and the unusual relationship he had with his wife. A lot of the book was spent inside Maigret’s thoughts as he considers his options for his future and this particular case. Although some of his team of inspectors are encountered during the story as is Madame Maigret until the majority of other occasions they do not seem to make moloch impression on either the flow of the story or the reader.
Overall then despite what could be read as negatives above, a strong recommendation for either some one who has already started the Maigret series and liked it and for someone who wants to read an author who writes very well about the human condition.
May 20, 2025
The last of nearly 80 fabulous Maigret novels, from 1930 to 1971, I think. So glad to have them all in my ‘library’, to have read them randomly as acquired, and now having read them all again in order. I’ll just have to return to the beginning and start again.
Revered widely, and correctly, as a very good novels indeed, there is much understanding of human nature to be gained from this series, as well as the particular insight into French, particularly Parisian, characters, life, and food! And brilliant whodunnits, of course.
A good’un, really a study of cunning and callousness in a mis-matched marriage, and its slowly played out effects and outcome. Maigret has to understand with little information willingly given, in order to apprehend the perpetrator of a murder, or two.
The GR blurb:
‘ When an elegant but nervous woman appears in Inspector Maigret's office and reports her rich and successful husband missing, Maigret and Lapointe find themselves on the trail of a man leading a double life: a prominent Parisian solicitor by day, a playboy known as "Monsieur Charles" by night.’
Revered widely, and correctly, as a very good novels indeed, there is much understanding of human nature to be gained from this series, as well as the particular insight into French, particularly Parisian, characters, life, and food! And brilliant whodunnits, of course.
A good’un, really a study of cunning and callousness in a mis-matched marriage, and its slowly played out effects and outcome. Maigret has to understand with little information willingly given, in order to apprehend the perpetrator of a murder, or two.
The GR blurb:
‘ When an elegant but nervous woman appears in Inspector Maigret's office and reports her rich and successful husband missing, Maigret and Lapointe find themselves on the trail of a man leading a double life: a prominent Parisian solicitor by day, a playboy known as "Monsieur Charles" by night.’
April 21, 2020
An atmospheric delve into Paris' seedier side
The final Maigret tale is perhaps an unconventional introduction to the character. I have to admit that it didn't hold me spellbound but I certainly enjoyed making the Chief Inspector's acquaintance, finding him a pleasant person with some interesting quirks. Accompanying him on his exploration of the Paris nightclub scene - all in the furtherance of his case - was atmospheric and helped to really root the story in that city. If some elements of the the dénouement were obvious throughout, it did not affect my enjoyment. I feel that Simenon's point was much more Maigret's journey to reach a conclusion than the conclusion itself.
I am sure I shall read more of Maigret's cases, hoping that his final one is not amongst the best. Overall 3.5 stars.
The final Maigret tale is perhaps an unconventional introduction to the character. I have to admit that it didn't hold me spellbound but I certainly enjoyed making the Chief Inspector's acquaintance, finding him a pleasant person with some interesting quirks. Accompanying him on his exploration of the Paris nightclub scene - all in the furtherance of his case - was atmospheric and helped to really root the story in that city. If some elements of the the dénouement were obvious throughout, it did not affect my enjoyment. I feel that Simenon's point was much more Maigret's journey to reach a conclusion than the conclusion itself.
I am sure I shall read more of Maigret's cases, hoping that his final one is not amongst the best. Overall 3.5 stars.
June 28, 2021
Um casamento equivocado que gerou a frustração de duas pessoas, culminando com a destruição de todos os envolvidos. Quando ninguém coloca a felicidade do outro em primeiro lugar, o resultado é uma disputa de egoísmos, o próprio anti-amor.
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