Simenon's first Maigret is off to a great start. Having read quite a few of the series already, having a more detailed introduction to the Chief Inspector is fascinating: nothing unexpected, just more detailed than was necessary once a wide readership was established for the later books.
I love that off the bat, Maigret is described as a proletarian, who clearly gives zero fucks about the wealth & social status of 'dignitaries' he's investigating.
so-soThe very first Maigret book, this started slow but had some interesting twists at the end. Maybe it just felt slow because I read it in the original French, so I was already reading more slowly than usual! 😄
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pickStarted this one this afternoon and I couldn‘t put it down. It was definitely a quick read but I enjoyed it. I was shocked to find out there are over 70 books in this series and I am hoping to read them all. I already ordered the second one and can‘t wait to get started on it! 4🌟!
#TBRPile 📚 Who is Pietr the Latvian? A gentleman thief? A Russian drinking absinthe in a grimy bar? A married Norwegian Sea captain? A twisted corpse in a train bathroom? Or is he somehow all of these men?
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And when you want to read a series , it‘s great to find a run of them at a used book sale.They were all owned by the same couple who noted date purchased , date read, year written , and sometimes, where purchased.Bittersweet.1.50 each
so-soI‘ve started watching the series, Maigret, which is based on the mystery series by Georges Simenon, and am enjoying it, so I decided to read the books. This book was originally published in 1930. Overall, it wasn‘t bad. However, there were some overtly anti-Semite descriptions that made me uncomfortable. The language was clumsy at times, although that could be the translation. I‘ll read the next one and see if I still feel the same.
panFinished the book, still not impressed. There was an attempt at sinister psychology toward the end, but it just ended up being weird. Perhaps if I were reading this 90 years ago, I‘d have found it thrilling and intense. Or perhaps it‘s the fault of the new translation. Either way, the book fell flat. Worthwhile as part of the history of the mystery genre, but I was very disappointed by my first Maigret novel.
I‘m trying with this one, but I‘m finding it hard to follow what‘s going on. Not impressed with Maigret so far.
This series was recommended to me by one my 98 year old clients. She gave me these two today. The one to the left is the first one of the entire series. She raved on them for awhile this morning. They look like short easy reads!
pickA quick read, a quite intriguing story set in a passé atmosphere. I had a great time with this first book of the Maigret series.
panI love vintage crime, but am often made uncomfortable by the attitudes to race and gender. But this is a new level, the anti semitism is VILE.
Irked. 1) Carrie Fisher passed away. 2) Richard Adams passed away. 3) The local B&N did not have the next Chief Bruno mystery novel by Martin Walker in stock. 4) I've already emptied the two B&N gift cards I got as presents to order the next TWO Chief Bruno mysteries (and some other books) online. In the interim, I got my first Inspector Maigret mystery today.
Pietr the Latvian | 
Snack: Sour cream and chive Ringos
Music: Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Buried Treasures" live in Mexico, 1967 2y