Patrick Marnham

A salute to Georges Simenon

Patrick Marnham praises Penguin Classics for republishing the Maigret novels

Georges Simenon aged 30 (left) and Jean Gabin (right) in the 1958 film Maigret Tend un Piège — to be shown as part of a season of Maigret films at the Barbican, London (4–26 October). For details visit www.barbican.org.uk. [Mary Evans picture library/ Getty Images]

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