Pietr the Latvian : Inspector Maigret #1 by Georges, Bellos, David Simenon

Pietr the Latvian : Inspector Maigret #1 by Georges, Bellos, David SimenonThe first novel which appeared in Georges Simenon's famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos. Not that he looked like a cartoon policeman. He didn't have a moustache and he didn't wear heavy boots. His clothes were well cut and made of fairly light worsted. He shaved every day and looked after his hands. But his frame was proletarian. He was a big, bony man. His firm muscles filled out his jacket and quickly pulled all his

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* Laughs (and terrified screams)

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cultural and mythical history of this country that has been so divided

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their lives are changed profoundly and for ever

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