The Grand Banks Café (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon

Book Overview

"A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason." --John Le Carr In this gripping novel set in an insular fishing community, Inspector Maigret must navigate an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141393505
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 5.1" x 0.4"

Customer Reviews

The evil eye at work?

Was the cod fishing trawler Océan under the influence of the evil eye, as the Breton sailors believed? Nothing went right on the voyage to Newfoundland. The captain showed signs of mental unbalance. A cabin boy went overboard and was lost. The fishing was bad. And finally, at the end of the trip, the captain was strangled! The young radio operator, Pierre Le Clinche, is accused of the crime, and Maigret is looking into the matter at the request of Pierre's former teacher. It looks as though there's a woman in the case. With a few subtle allusions Simenon perfectly captures the kind of violent, out-of-control passion some men feel for a certain type of woman. And how masterfully he contrasts the reek of cod entrails with perfumed female flesh! Maigret soaks up the angry, unsavory atmosphere surrounding the crime, as he gets to the heart of the matter.