num_pages: 176
description: One of the world's most successful crime writers, Georges Simenon has thrilled mystery lovers around the world since 1931 with his matchless creation Inspector Maigret. In The Madman of Bergerac, Maigret gets caught up in an investigation in a provincial French town terrorized by a maniacal murderer?only after being shot following a man who has mysteriously jumped off a moving train. The Madman of Bergerac captures the obsessive snobbery and hypocrisy of small-town bourgeoisie.
language: English
title: The Madman of Bergerac
titlecomplete: The Madman of Bergerac
characters: Françoise Beausoleil, Jules Maigret, Leduc, Joséphine Beausoleil, Louise Maigret, Dr. Jacques Rivaud, Rosalie (The Madman of Bergerac), Duhourceau, Germaine Rivaud, Samuel Meyer
genres: 20th Century, Crime, Classics, Noir, Mystery Thriller, France, Fiction, Detective, French Literature, Mystery
ratings_count: 2027
places: France, Bergerac
series: Inspector Maigret
publisher: Penguin Books