The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien
Inspector Maigret

The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien

Inspector Maigret #3

    • 3.8 • 9 Ratings
    • £4.99
    • £4.99

Publisher Description

The third book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's haunting tale about the lengths to which people will go to escape from guilt, in a compelling new translation by Linda Coverdale.

A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil sketches that had the same leitmotif of hanging.

On the edge of a forest: a man hanging from every branch.

A church steeple: beneath the weathercock, a human body dangling from each arm of the cross. . . Below another sketch were written four lines from
François Villon's Ballade of the Hanged Men.

On a trip to Brussels, Maigret unwittingly causes a man's suicide, but his own remorse is overshadowed by the discovery of the sordid events that drove the desperate man to shoot himself.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets and The Crime of Inspector Maigret.

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray

'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' Guardian

'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent

GENRE
Crime & Thrillers
RELEASED
2014
2 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
100
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Books Ltd
SIZE
908.9
KB
Gently Through the Mill Gently Through the Mill
2011
Death in Dark Glasses Death in Dark Glasses
2023
The Sins of Séverac Bablon The Sins of Séverac Bablon
2022
Death Sends for the Doctor Death Sends for the Doctor
2023
Book of Souls Book of Souls
2010
Wycliffe's Wild-Goose Chase Wycliffe's Wild-Goose Chase
2010
Pietr the Latvian Pietr the Latvian
2013
The Late Monsieur Gallet The Late Monsieur Gallet
2013
Inspector Maigret Omnibus 1 Inspector Maigret Omnibus 1
2014
Maigret's First Case Maigret's First Case
2016
The Yellow Dog The Yellow Dog
2014
Night at the Crossroads Night at the Crossroads
2014
Death in Sardinia Death in Sardinia
2012
Ghosts of the Past Ghosts of the Past
2018
Death in Florence Death in Florence
2013
Death and the Olive Grove Death and the Olive Grove
2012
Death in the Tuscan Hills Death in the Tuscan Hills
2016
Death in August Death in August
2011
The Carter of 'La Providence' The Carter of 'La Providence'
2014
The Yellow Dog The Yellow Dog
2014
Night at the Crossroads Night at the Crossroads
2014
A Crime in Holland A Crime in Holland
2014
The Grand Banks Café The Grand Banks Café
2014
A Man's Head A Man's Head
2014