Simenon A Biography |
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| Author:
| Assouline, Pierre |
| Translator:
| Rothschild, John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-679-40285-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1997 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Knopf |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.50 |
Book Description:
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An enthralling biography of a man whose life was the stuff of fiction. Numbering more than 400 in all, including the beloved Inspector Maigret stories, Georges Simenon's novels have been translated into 50 languages, with sales exceeding 500 million worldwide. Now, drawing on unprecedented access to Simenon's papers, family and friends, Pierre Assouline gives readers the utterly absorbing story of this tormented and egomaniacal genius of literary mass production. 16-page photo insert.
An enthralling biography of a man whose life was the stuff of fiction. Numbering more than 400 in all, including the beloved Inspector Maigret stories, Georges Simenon's novels have been translated into 50 languages, with sales exceeding 500 million worldwide. Now, drawing on unprecedented access to Simenon's papers, family and friends, Pierre Assouline gives readers the utterly absorbing story of this tormented and egomaniacal genius of literary mass production. 16-page photo insert.