Lock No. 1

Authors: Simenon, Georges
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC030000, FIC050000, FIC022000
ISBN: 9780698194663, Related ISBNs: 0141396105, 0698194667, 9780141396101, 9780698194663
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 176,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: “One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian

The classic Inspector Maigret mystery set in a claustraphobic provincial town

“Cars drove past along with the trucks and trams, but by now Maigret had realized that they were not important. Whatever roared by like this along the road was not part of the landscape. . . . What really counted was the lock, the hooting of the tugs, the stone crusher, the barges and the cranes, the two pilots’ bars and especially the tall house where he could make out Ducrau’s red chair framed by a window.”
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