Query: Georges Simenon novels that are not about crime
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Man on the Bench in the Barn
Young Cardinaud
Tropic Moon
Pedigree (novel)
The Watchmaker of Everton
The Night Club (novel)
The Cat (novel)
La Veuve Couderc
Red Lights (novel)
Evidence from documents: The Man on the Bench in the Barn: '''''The Man on the Bench in the Barn''''' is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Young Cardinaud: '''''Young Cardinaud''''' (French: '''''Le Fils Cardinaud''''') is a 1942 novel by the French-based Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Tropic Moon: '''''Le Coup de Lune''''' (; literally "moonburn" or "moonstroke" in French, but translated into English as '''''Tropic Moon''''', is a 1933 novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is one of the author's first self-described ''roman durs'' or "hard novels" to distinguish it from his ''romans populaires'' or "popular novels," which are primarily mysteries that usually feature his famous Inspector Maigret character.
Pedigree (novel): '''''Pedigree ''''' is an autobiographical novel by the Belgian author Georges Simenon, first published in 1948. S
The Watchmaker of Everton: '''''The Watchmaker of Everton''''' is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
The Night Club (novel): Georges Simenon novels: a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon
that are not about crime: The novel is set in Nantes, France. Simenon grew up in Liège in Belgium, but some elements of the novel are autobiographical: the young journalist who becomes interested in seedy nightlife, his weak mother, and his father with a heart condition.
The story is seen from the point of view of Jean Cholet, a young journalist with the ''Gazette de Nantes'', who lives with his parents.
The Cat (novel): '''''The Cat''''' (French: '''''Le Chat''''') is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, released in 1967.
The novel was written, usually for Simenon, within a short period of two weeks between September and October 1966. It was published in France in 1967 by Presses de la Cité, after Simenon had already released around 200 other books. The work bears elements of psychological fiction and black comedy. It tells a story of an elderly married couple in their early 70s, who have been loathing each other for years for killing each other's pets. They have not been talking, their only form of communication being occasional notes on scraps of paper. However, they are soon to understand that they cannot live without each other. The storyline of ''The Cat'' is speculated to have originated from the author's difficult relationship with his mother.
La Veuve Couderc: '''''La Veuve Couderc''''' is a novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It was first published in 1942. The novel was published at around the same time as Camus' ''The Stranger''. Both novels contain a similar main character and themes, and Simenon was upset that Camus' work went on to greater acclaim.


The novel was republished as ''The Widow'' by NYRB Classics in 2009.
Red Lights (novel): '''''Feux rouges''''' (''Red Lights'') is the title of a short novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is one of the author's ''roman durs'' or "hard novels".


The novel is divided into eight chapters, and is written using the third-person narrative mode. In the story, set in north-eastern United States, a couple's road trip to fetch their children from summer camp becomes a nightmare for each of them.
Steve Hogan works in an office in Madison Avenue, and his wife Nancy has a successful career as a personal secretary. They leave New York on Labor Day weekend to fetch their two children from summer camp in Maine. Many others parents are doing the same thing, and the roads are crowded. They hear on the radio that a prisoner, Sid Halligan, has escaped from Sing Sing. Steve and Nancy argue: she says he has drunk too much before they left. They stop at a bar and, to prevent Nancy driving on, he takes the car keys before going to the bar. He returns to find a note that she is going by coach.