Recommended Author Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was a prolific Belgian writer, famous for his French detective Maigret. Simenon died in the early 1970's and some of his Maigret novels are hard to find in English as they have been out of print for years in many instances. You can get them from EBay or from the library. I read the last two Maigret novels in the library in England as they got them through their Laser system (where libraries are all linked together). The books were so valuable that I was not able to leave the library with them, I had to read them under the watchful eye of the librarian.

 

The Maigret novels are generally quite short and have a certain style that is compelling. They are a little dark and you get back into a bygone age of French life too. Simenon is a very proactive writer and these novels are splendid.

 

Simenon has also written many stand alone novels too and some of these are very dark and macabre. I have read a few that I have been a little frightened of such is their power.

 

Some of the Maigret novels have been made into TV programmes that I have never seen. Simenon was also quite eccentric and had a colourful life so a biography of him too is well worth the read as well.