Georges Simenon - Pietr the Latvian

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@00000400@The first novel which appeared in Georges Simenon's famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos.@00000373@@00000155@@00000341@@00000373@@00000155@@00000341@@00000373@Inevitably Maigret was a hostile presence in the Majestic. He constituted a kind of foreign body that the hotel's atmosphere could not assimilate. @00000155@@00000373@@00000155@@00000341@@00000373@Not that he looked like a cartoon policeman. He didn't have a moustache and he didn't wear heavy boots. His clothes were well cut and made of fairly light worsted. He shaved every day and looked after his hands. @00000155@@00000373@@00000155@@00000341@@00000373@But his frame was proletarian. He was a big, bony man. His firm muscles filled out his jacket and quickly pulled all his trousers out of shape.@00000155@@00000341@@00000373@@00000155@@00000373@He had a way of imposing himself just by standing there. His assertive presence had often irked many of his own colleagues.@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@In Simenon's first novel featuring Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces the true identity of Pietr the Latvian.@00000163@@00000400@Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as @00000373@The Case of Peter the Lett@00000155@ and @00000373@Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett.@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray@00000163@@00000400@'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' @00000373@Guardian@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' @00000373@Independent@00000155@@00000163@