The Flemish House Paperback by Georges Simenon; Translated by Shaun Whiteside

Product Details

• Publisher: Penguin Books (2015-06-30)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 160 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780141394770
• Item Weight: 124.74 grams
• Dimensions: 7.74 x 5.07 x 0.36 cm

“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré

A chilling Inspector Maigret mystery set on the Belgian border

“She wasn't an ordinary supplicant. She didn't lower her eyes. There was nothing humble about her bearing. She spoke frankly, looking straight ahead, as if to claim what was rightfully hers. ‘If you don't agree to look at our case, my parents and I will be lost, and it will be the most hateful legal error...’”

Maigret is asked to the windswept, rainy border town of Givet by a young woman desperate to clear her family of murder. But their well-kept shop, the sleepy community and its raging river all hide their own mysteries.

About the Author

Georges Simenon (1903–1989) was born in Liège, Belgium. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of more than four hundred novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe.

Shaun Whiteside is a translator of French, Dutch, German, and Italian literature. He has translated many novels, including Manituana and Altai by Wu Ming, The Weekend by Bernhard Schlink, Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq, and Magdalene the Sinner by Lilian Faschinger, which won him the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation in 1997.