Pietr the Latvian
The first novel which appeared in Georges Simenon''s famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos.
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.
But his frame was proletarian. He was a big, bony man. His firm ...
The first novel which appeared in Georges Simenon''s famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos.
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.
But his frame was proletarian. He was a big, bony man. His firm ...
