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Marnham, Patrick : The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon

Farrar, Straus And Giroux, New York, 1993

ISBN 0374201714

346pp. B&W Illustrations The first major portrait of Simenon since his death, 8vo, Fine in Fine DJ

2nd Printing

MARNHAM**, PATRICK: : THE MAN WHO WASN'T MAIGRET: A Portrait of GEORGES SIMENON

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING LTD.,1992.

ISBN 0747508844.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's painting portrait colour illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white and brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,green+red striped headband and immaculate plain green endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xviiipp+2-346pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table, author's note,a chronology,a prelude,Pts I-III comprising 14 chapters,32pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp76/77 and pp252/53 respectively,an appendix,a bibliography,notes on sources,selected work of Georges Simenon,the Maigret series,the novels,autobiographical writings,additional fiction and non-fiction sources,selected secondary sources and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table,2 b/w maps,Pts separator pages,and a note on the author to rear. See also my book IDs rja964021 and rja550615 for Mary Wesley autobiography by MARNHAM,the latter SIGNED by her. Georges Simenon,author of the Maigret stories, was the best-selling writer in the world.He wrote 193 novels and his work was praised by Celine,T.S. Eliot,Somerset Maugham,Fellini and Henry Miller.Andre Gide described him as 'the greatest novelist we have had this century'. Georges Simenon born 12th February,1903,died 4th September,1989 aged 86,at his home in Lausanne. Patrick Marnham,in the first portrait since Simenon's death (1989),sets out to explain the connection between the writer's childhood,his lifelong fascination with crime and the tormented fiction he wrote.He has followed the story from Liege and Paris to Switzerland, talking to those who shared Simenon's life and drawing on his letters,papers and writing to produce this shrewd,witty and thoroughly captivating biography. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item - just under 1Kg unpackaged- for correct and possibly insured,shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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