Inspector Maigret Omnibus: Volume 1: Pietr the Latvian; The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien; The Carter of 'La Providence'; The Grand Banks Café

Authors: Simenon, Georges
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC030000, FIC050000, FIC022000
ISBN: 9780698197879, Related ISBNs: 0141396881, 0698197879, 9780141396880, 9780698197879
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 544,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: The first annual omnibus edition in the new Penguin Inspector Maigret series, comprising four titles from the series so far: Pietr the Latvian, The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien, The Carter of La Providence and The Grand Banks Cafe. Additional material includes the original French first edition covers, art directed by Georges Simenon himself.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels.

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