Description
| Product ID: | 9780857304162 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Simenon |
| Subtitle: | The Man, The Books, The Films |
| Authors: | Author: Barry Forshaw |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Biography: writers, Biography: literary, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Georges Simenon was the most successful writer of crime fiction in a language other than English in the modern age, and his detective Maigret is rivalled only by Sherlock Holmes; Andre Gide called Simenon 'the greatest French novelist of our times'. Barry Forshaw examines the man's extraordinary life and work on both page and screen.... Celebrated crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw''s informed and lively study draws together Georges Simenon''s extraordinary life and his work on both page and screen. Alongside his own considerable insights, Barry Forshaw has interviewed people who worked either with Simenon or on his books: publishers, editors, translators, and other specialist writers. He has created a literary prism through which to appreciate one of the most distinctive achievements in the whole of crime fiction. |
| Imprint Name: | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-07-28 |