Gecko's Progress: Mr Bean as Maigret Narrowboat Gecko has been our home for ten years. As we cruise the inland waterways some of our thoughts find their way into this blog. Margaret & Peter Sunday, 27 March 2016 Mr Bean as Maigret This evening Rowan Atkinson (aka Mr Bean aka Blackadder) is portraying Maigret in the first of two feature-length stories on TV. Whatever wonders the make-up and wardrobe departments manage I will not be able to watch those eyes and see them as Jules Maigret. For me the archetypal Maigret was Rupert Davies in the 1960s, enhanced, I am sure, by the monochrome film medium. When he struck that match on the wall and the accordion music started I was transported to Paris in an era before la Grande Arche. I suppose to film appropriate architecture nowadays they would have to go to Prague or somewhere, but when Rupert Davies was driving around Paris in his Citroen Traction Avant much of the city was relatively unchanged from the 1930-50 era in which the stories were set.

If you would like to view the last Maigret story involving Rupert Davies Maigret' Little Joke - click here. However, you will not see the Citroen as it does not feature in this episode. After the series was complete, Rupert Davies bought the car and we used to see him driving it around Amersham. The Citroën Traction Avant was the first front-wheel drive, steel monocoque car ever put into wide-scale production. In many ways the Traction Avant was revolutionary. Itwas designed by André Lefébvre and Flaminio Bertone (remember his unrelated curves in Italian car design?). It was incredibly successful over more than two decades of production, with 750,000 units distributed worldwide between 1934 and 1956. Other cars produced at the time were essentially a chassis under a box. The Citroën was far more advanced, boasting an all in one body with independent front torsion bar suspension and hydraulic brakes. After Rupert Davies's death in 1976, the Maigret car was owned by his wife.

It has changed hands since then and the last time I can trace, which was January 2015, it was looking decidedly sad. When I worked in Paris we used to frequent a cafe not far from the Citroen factory in Levallois - J'ai Deux Amours - which was the title of a song made famous by Josephine Baker. Co-incidentally I came across the following photograph and article in France Today. I am reproducing it in full for the Maigret nerds amongst you. Georges Simenon & wife, Tigy, with Josephine Baker and fiance Georges Simenon's Paris: Following in the Footsteps of his Fictional Sleuth, Jules Maigret by Thirza Vallois March 16, 2016 No wonder Georges Simenon set most of the Maigret stories in Paris – 63 out of 75 of them in fact. Because Paris is a compact city, it provides an unrivalled stage for crime fiction, where the investigation can progress at speed.

But the Maigret stories also make wonderful guides to the flip-side of pre-gentrified Paris, the Paris of black and white photos, a shabby conglomerate of closely-knit communities, yet alive with the pulse of authenticity. Simenon crisply encapsulates that Paris of neighbourhood bars and bistros, of payphones and platform buses, sparing us neither the gloom of November nor the heat of August. He even takes us past the loge of the concierge into private homes, and gratifies us with the smell of floor polish or the cooking smells of ragoût de mouton, blanquette de veau or tripes à la mode de Caen. With a Maigret in hand you can comb every bit of Paris. Be aware, however, that Simenon fiddles with street numbers and place names, throwing in existing ones alongside those he invents, or shifting places around. And to complicate it further, many of the real-life places have since disappeared. He also throws bits of his own life into Maigret’s, the devotion to pipes and beer not least.

Maigret’s persona, on the other hand, is largely inspired by real-life Commissaire Guillaume, le grand patron of the Police Judiciaire (PJ, pronounced pé’ji), who was in charge of the most famous criminal investigations of the time. A smoker of cigarettes rather than pipes, he was also significantly slimmer. Simenon’s Parisian life begins at the Gare du Nord, as does the first Maigret, Pietr le Letton (Pietr the Latvian), published in 1931. Arriving from Belgium in December 1922, he was underwhelmed: “The coldest, draftiest and busiest of Paris’s stations, with trains arriving from Belgium and Germany, bringing in their loads of crooks.” In the story, a body is discovered aboard the Étoile du Nord, the luxury Paris-Bruxelles-Amsterdam Express introduced in 1924; hence the lady in mink and silk stockings waiting at platform 11. Today the line is used by the speedier but less glamorous Thalys. Built under Haussmann, the station never lived up to expectations and is currently an unsafe mess.

(May its refurbishment, scheduled to be completed by 2024, allow it to vie with London’s St. Pancras.) Also in 1924, the recently wed Simenon and ‘Tigy’ moved to a one-bedroom flat at 21 Place des Vosges, overlooking the backyard. Built under Henri IV, the then Place Royale was the aristocracy’s ‘holy of holies’. Was Simenon aware that his flat had been sliced out of the mansion of the Duc de Richelieu, the Cardinal’s great-nephew, with whom he shared an insatiable sex life? Whereas the Duke claimed to have seduced all the females of the square, Simenon’s alleged number of conquests is 10,000. His liaison with Josephine Baker, however, was no fiction. By contrast, Maigret led an irreproachable marital life at 132 Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.

Built over the Canal Saint-Martin under Haussmann, to prevent it being used by insurgents, from 1869 to 1969, during Holy Week, the Boulevard hosted the famous Ham and Scrap-iron Fair, a tradition that began in the Middle Ages in front of Notre Dame. The fair is now held in Chatou, west of Paris, but you can still drool over the Thursday and Sunday morning market. While work was carried out in the Maigrets’ building, Simenon moved the couple to his own real address on Place des Vosges, but the no. 61 of the murder scene in L’Ombre chinoise (The Shadow Puppet) doesn’t exist: Place des Vosges has 36 houses, nine on each side. The upscale square was a social mix in Simenon’s day; witness the spacious first floor of a former ambassador in L’Ombre chinoise compared to the shabby lodgings above. 1930s Book Cover The Canal Saint-Martin, too, has been upgraded since Simenon’s time.

The footbridges are as atmospheric as ever, but its lock-keepers are gone and the barges have given way to cruise boats. Built under Napoleon to supply to Paris the water of the Ourcq, it soon proved useful for the transportation of raw materials. The ports of La Villette and of L’Arsenal followed suit; industry, poverty and knife crime at the ready too. It was not uncommon to recover a dead body from the water, the arm of a dead man in Le Corps sans tête (The Headless Corpse). This happened at the bend of the canal, level with Rue des Recollets, where it obstructed the passage of a barge. The nearby L’Atmosphère, which caters to a laid-back Bobo clientele, is the very site of working-class Paupol in the story. Simenon first settled in Batignolles, west of Montmartre, where he liked to spend time. Au Rêve, a hangout of his, is still there at 89 Rue Caulaincourt, across Place Constantin Pecquer, a genuine local spot to this day, yet a stone’s throw from the tourist-ridden Sacré Coeur and Place du Tertre.

The café has been popular with the arty and literati for decades. 2014 Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano mentions it several times in his novels. Simenon wrote an early novel here, while Tigy tried to sell her paintings at the art fair on the square across the street. Was it due to nostalgia that Rue Caulaincourt appears some 20 times in the stories, more than almost any other location? There is a statue of Steinlen inside the little garden, Montmartre’s artist who created the famous Chat Noir poster. The heating business at the bottom of the steps was Chez Manière in the stories, although the real-life Chez Manière was at 65 rue Caulaincourt, now Le Cépage Montmartrois. The affluent Avenue Junot curves pleasantly across the square to the west. It boasts impressive Modernist villas, Adolf Loos’s no. 15 notably, designed for Tristan Tzara of the Dada movement. In Maigret et le fantôme, an art collector living here is involved in art forgery on an international scale, including a forged Van Gogh.

Van Gogh himself had lived nearby on Rue Lepic, home to Les Deux Moulins café from the movie Amélie, and Le Moulin de la Galette immortalized by Renoir. Tucked more discreetly on Rue Tholozé is Studio 28, where Simenon liked to watch a movie, as does Amélie in the film. Opened in 1928, this is Paris’s oldest cinema still in operation, premiering that year Abel Gance’s Napoléon, and Buñuel’s L’Age d’or in 1930, thus provoking a riot and the banning of the film. Le Cyrano, next to the Moulin Rouge, on the corner of Boulevard de Clichy and Rue Lepic, is now a fast food outlet. André Breton gathered here daily his fellow Surrealists. Le Cyrano also appears in Maigret au Picratt’s, a strip club on the corner of Rue Pigalle and Rue Fontaine, where Breton actually lived, on the 9th arrondissement side of Place Pigalle.

The Picratt’s was Simenon’s creation, but there were plenty like it in this district. The leafy courtyards to the south are survivors of 19th century Paris, when this was its artistic hub. The city’s ‘palaces’ (luxury hotels, pronounced the French way) were not immune to crime. Maigret found the “infinity of red carpets” at the Majestic sickening and took in the evening gowns and furs, the wafts of perfume, the jazz… Those were the “Roaring Years”. In 1922 a famous dinner united here Diaghilev, Stravinksy, Picasso, Joyce and Proust. In 1928 Gershwin composed An American in Paris here. But the hotel in Pietr le Letton and Les Caves du Majestic is situated on the Champs Elysées – it is Claridge’s in fact, while the Majestic was on the Avenue Kleber and played a sinister role in the deportation of the Jews during the Occupation.

After the war it became the seat of UNESCO and later an international conference centre where the Vietnam and Cambodian peace agreements were signed, in 1973 and 1991 respectively. In 2010 it was resurrected as the plush Peninsula Paris. Across the Seine, in Montparnasse, La Coupole epitomised the Roaring Years, shining new in December 1927, outshining its neighbours with its doormen in dashing garnet uniforms, 450 staff and 600 seated guests – the largest eating-place in France. Everyone came here – Picasso, Chagall, Man Ray, Charlie Chaplin, Josephine Baker, Simenon… La Tête d’un homme is largely set in its Bar Américain, where lost souls found shelter. Last but not least, the epicentre of Maigret’s Paris is 36 Quai des Orfèvres, uncannily just around the corner from the geographical centre of Paris, at Notre Dame.

Head there fast, because in 2017 the judicial world is moving to Renzo Piano’s new glass tower in Batignolles, where Simenon’s Parisian life began. From his office window, Maigret looks out south to the Pont Saint-Michel and the Quai des Grands Augustins across the Seine. Like a leitmotif, beer and sandwiches are sent for from the Brasserie Dauphine – Aux Trois Marches in reality, on the corner of rue D’Harlay and the Quai de l’Horloge, off Place Dauphine, which is now a lawyers’ meeting place, La Maison du Barreau. Place Dauphine echoes the much better preserved Place des Vosges and was famously the home of Yves Montand and Simone Signoret. Facing the Pont Neuf on its western side, la Taverne Henri IV has kept Simenon’s corner with some old photos above his table. Its previous proprietor, Robert Cointepas, was the last Parisian to have seen Simenon, having visited him in Lausanne, just before his passing in 1989.

And for super-nerds to absorb the atmosphere>: Simenon’s Paris Essentials Jules Maigret | Inspector | Television Jules Maigret Jules Maigret From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maigret statue by Pieter d'Hont in Delfzijl . The unveiling was made by Simenon himself on September 3, 1966, at the place where he had written the first Maigret to most people, including his wife, is afictional police detective , actually a commissaire or commissioner of the Paris "BrigadeCriminelle" ( Direction Régionale de Police Judiciaire de Paris ) , created by writer Georges Simenon . Seventy-five novels and twenty-eight short stories about Maigret were publishedbetween 1931 and 1972, starting with Pietr-le-Leton ). The Maigret storieswere also adapted for television and radio. Contents 8 External links Character Some of his trademark features are his pipes , his mixed approach to detecting (at times relying on pure intuition, at times on method), his laconic manner, and his fondness foralcohol.

Often during an investigation, he will step into a small cafe or bar for a drinkand possibly a light lunch. His drinks of choice are beer and white wine, though he hasalso been known to drink pastis , Armagnac, cognac, calvados, Pernod, and whiskey, as well as grog, to name just a few. This is not to say that he is a drunk, as it is a matter of personal pride that he can hold his liquor, and would be deeply embarrassed if heallowed himself to become intoxicated. Maigret almost invariably wears his heavyovercoat, even when traveling to the Riviera — a fact which leads people unfamiliarwith him to mark him instantly as a policeman.In the books he is described as a stocky man of average height, slightly overweight butnot obese. He dislikes climbing stairs, and usually uses a police driver or cab fortraveling even comparatively short distances in his investigations, though he alsooccasionally walks. Junior officers may be made to carry his attaché.Maigret was born at Saint-Fiacre in the Allier department (where there is no such village), supposedly in 1884, although different birth years may be inferred fromdifferent books.

His wife's given name is Louise, but she is almost exclusively referredto as Madame Maigret in the books. They had one child, a daughter who died at birth . Television adaptations There have been numerous incarnations of Maigret on the small screen all around the world. He has been portrayed by French, British, Irish, Austrian, Dutch, German,Italian, and Japanese actors.In France, Jean Gabin played the part in three films and is seen by many as the best Maigret. Arguably, the most celebrated French version stars Bruno Cremer , who played him in 54 adaptations during 1991 – 2005.

Jean Richard had an earlier long-running series playing the character on French television — however, Simenon himself is said tohave disliked Richard's Maigret because he would not take his hat off when entering aroom.Actor Rupert Davies as Maigret in Murder on Monday The Italian actor Gino Cervi played the character on Italian television, starting from 1964 up to 1972; Simenon himself considered Cervi's interpretation of the character tobe possibly the best.In Japan, Kinya Aikawa played Megure, a Japanese-born equivalent to the French Maigret, Maigret Hesitates and Other Stories (Dramatised) Radio/TV Program | Georges Simenon | Audible.com Publisher's Summary Four gripping dramatisations starring Maurice Denham as Maigret and Michael Gough as his creator Georges Simenon. The world’s best-known French detective, Jules Maigret, talks to his creator Georges Simenon about four intriguing cases in these full-cast dramatisations that have been specially adapted for radio from the original novels.

There are two trips to the seaside for Maigret as he attempts to help a schoolmaster fight off an unfair charge of murder and soothes the fears of an elderly widow who fears she is about to be poisoned. An anonymous letter throws up a baffling problem: someone is about to be murdered, but whom? Finally, Maigret’s old bête noire, Manuel Palmari, has been found murdered. Will that help Maigret get to the bottom of his criminal empire at last? Includes 'Maigret Goes to School', 'Maigret and the Old Lady', 'Maigret Hesitates', and 'The Patience of Maigret'. ©2011 Georges Simenon (P)2000 AudioGO Ltd More from the same Jules Maigret - Detective Conan Wiki Jules Maigret Jump to: navigation , search Jules Maigret, (titled Commissaire) Maigret to most people, including his wife, is a French fictional police detective, actually a commissaire or commissioner of the Paris "Brigade Criminelle" ( Direction Régionale de Police Judiciaire de Paris ), created by writer Georges Simenon.

Seventy-five novels and twenty-eight short stories about Maigret were published between 1931 and 1972, starting with Pietr-le-Leton (Peter from Latvia) and concluding with Maigret et Monsieur Charles (Maigret and Mister Charles). The Maigret stories were also adapted for television and radio. Contents [ edit ] Character Some of his trademark features are his pipes, his mixed approach to detecting (at times relying on pure intuition, at times on method), his laconic manner, and his fondness for alcohol. Often during an investigation, he will step into a small cafe or bar for a drink and possibly a light lunch. His drinks of choice are beer and white wine, though he has also been known to drink pastis, Armagnac, Cognac, Calvados, Pernod, and whisky, as well as grog, to name just a few. This is not to say that he is a drunk, as it is a matter of personal pride that he can hold his liquor, and would be deeply embarrassed if he allowed himself to become intoxicated.

Maigret almost invariably wears his heavy overcoat, even when travelling to the Riviera — a fact which leads people unfamiliar with him to mark him instantly as a policeman. In the books he is described as a stocky man of above-average height, slightly overweight but not obese. He dislikes climbing stairs, and usually uses a police driver or cab for travelling even comparatively short distances in his investigations, though he also occasionally walks. During rural adventures, such as Félicie est là, he was known to borrow bicycles. Junior officers may be made to carry his attaché case. Maigret was born at the fictional village of Saint-Fiacre in the Allier department, supposedly in 1884, although different birth years may be inferred from different books. His wife's given name is Louise, but she is almost exclusively referred to as Madame Maigret in the books. They had one child, a daughter who died at birth. [1] Without any living children of his own, Maigret nevertheless demonstrates fondness for children, treating them with kindness and patience, and often indulging them.

In most of his books he and his wife live at the corner of Boulevard Richard-Lenoir and the Rue du Chemin Vert but in Maigret in Retirement , he is said to have retained his apartment on the Place des Vosges in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. He is usually successful and generally confident in his police work, although he does encounter the occasional disappointment. He is most often portrayed as a mentor to his "pupil" sidekicks, usually junior Metropolitan officers or (when he is away from Paris) the local constabulary. Maigret is genuinely proud and happy when one of his junior officers meets with some professional success. The role of mindless puppet, contrasting with the brilliance of Maigret, is reserved for public prosecutors or more frequently a Juge d'instruction or Examining Magistrate. While Maigret usually conducts his investigations in France, he has also been called upon to visit Belgium, Britain, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the United States. [2] [ edit ] Television adaptations There have been numerous incarnations of Maigret on the small screen all around the world.

He has been portrayed by French, British, Irish, Austrian, German, Italian, Dutch and Japanese actors. In France, Jean Gabin played the part in three films and is seen by many as the best Maigret. Arguably, the most celebrated French version stars Bruno Cremer, who played him in 54 adaptations during 1991–2005. Jean Richard had an earlier long-running series playing the character on French television — however, Simenon himself is said to have disliked Richard's Maigret because he would not take his hat off when entering a room. The Italian actor Gino Cervi played the character on Italian television, starting from 1964 up to 1972; Simenon himself considered Cervi's interpretation of the character to be possibly the best. In Japan, Kinya Aikawa played Megure, a Japanese-born equivalent to the French Maigret, reinvented in a modern Japanese setting, in Tōkyō Megure Keishi, [3] a 25-episode TV Series aired from 14 April to 29 May 1978 on Asahi TV.

Megure/Maigret's wife was played by Tomomi Sato, who earned the praises of Simenon himself: "The best 'Madame Maigret' in my opinion, even including the French ones, was the 'Madame Maigret' on Japanese television. She was exactly right". [4] The title role in the successful British Maigret TV series was played by the actor Rupert Davies who made his debut on 31 October 1960. Davies took over the part after Basil Sydney, who appeared as Maigret in the original transmitted pilot, proved unavailable due to ill-health. Davies went on to star in 52 adaptations for BBC TV in the 1960s. His portrayal won two of the highest accolades: his versions were dubbed into French and played across the Channel; and Simenon himself presented Davies with a novel inscribed to his "perfect Maigret". The theme song to the TV series was performed by Joe Loss and released in the UK through the EMI Group on His Masters Voice (45-POP 995).

The British television channel ITV produced an adaptation of Maigret in 1992 and 1993, in which Sir Michael Gambon starred as Maigret. A less successful earlier version (1988) on ITV cast Richard Harris in the lead role, with a somewhat idiosyncratic reading of the character. [ edit ] Radio adaptations Maurice Denham played Chief Inspector Maigret in a series of half-hour dramatizations of the novels on BBC Radio 4 from 1992 to 2002, with Michael Gough playing Georges Simenon. The format of each play would begin with Maigret and Simenon sitting together discussing some fact or event which would then lead into Maigret's recounting a particular case, with Simenon asking questions or commenting from time to time. After Denham's death, the series was continued in 2003 with Nicholas Le Prevost playing a gruffer, more earthy Maigret and Julian Barnes playing Simenon.

[ edit ] Other appearances Maigret, as he appeared in volume 5 of Detective Conan Inspector Juzo Megure from Detective Conan is loosely based on Maigret, in both appearance and name. Both are police inspectors, and are known for wearing hats and overcoats. The rendering in the Japanese syllabary for Megure and Maigret is the same (me-gu-re; in other words, the names are pronounced the same in Japanese). Maigret himself was also highlighted in volume 5 of the Detective Conan manga's edition of Gosho Aoyama 's Detective Picture Book , a section of the graphic novels (usually the last page) where the author introduces a different detective (or occasionally, a villain) from mystery literature, television, or other media. [ edit ] List of novels List of Maigret novels by date of French-language publication. Title Pietr the Latvian: Inspector Maigret #1: Amazon.it: Georges Simenon, David Bellos: Libri in altre lingue Libri in altre lingue Tutti i prezzi includono l'IVA. Spedizione gratuita per ordini sopra EUR 29. DisponibilitÃ immediata.

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Descrizione prodotto Recensione ‘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.’ — The Guardian 'I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.' — William Faulkner 'The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature' — André Gide ‘A supreme writer…unforgettable vividness’ — The Independent 'Superb... The most addictive of writers... A unique teller of tales' — The Observer ‘Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.’ — John Gray 'A truly wonderful writer... marvellously readable - lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the workd he creates' — Muriel Spark 'A novelist who entered his fictional world as it he were a part of it' — Peter Ackroyd 'Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century' — John Banville L'autore Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903.

Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. David Bellos is Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University and has won many awards for his translations including the Man Booker International Translator's Award (2005). He is the author of Is that a Fish in your Ear: The Amazing Adventure of Translation. Non Ã¨ necessario possedere un dispositivo Kindle. Scarica una delle app Kindle gratuite per iniziare a leggere i libri Kindle sul tuo smartphone, tablet e computer. Apple Per scaricare una app gratuita, inserisci il numero di cellulare. oppure Non hai un Kindle? Scopri Kindle , oppure scarica l'applicazione di lettura Kindle GRATUITA.

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Consegne illimitate in 1 giorno Iscriviti ad Amazon Prime: consegne in 1 giorno senza costi aggiuntivi, accesso anticipato alle Offerte Lampo di Amazon.it e agli eventi di Amazon BuyVIP e spazio di archiviazione per le foto illimitato Non ci sono ancora recensioni di clienti su Amazon.it 5 stelle 64 di 68 persone hanno trovato utile la seguente recensione 3.0 su 5 stelle Glad to see the series in new Penguin release, BUT ... 25 febbraio 2014 Di northkona - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Copertina flessibile Acquisto verificato For years I wondered why the Maigret stories weren't freshly translated and published in the full series, and now Penguin has decided to do so. I've read nearly all of them before, some a few times, and recently bought this first one since I couldn't remember what it was about. It's interesting to see Maigret make his debut, Simenon had a lot of Maigret's features and habits nailed down right from the start.

The story in Pietr the Latvian is okay, not one of the best Maigrets, but since it's Simenon's first Maigret, let's not be too fussy. There are a couple of odd things about the new translation. For one thing, the police are referred to as the Flying Squad, which is a uniquely British term. I don't see any reason for the translator to introduce British police terms into French stories. Besides that distraction, the new translation lacks the feel of the 1930's. Simenon's Maigret stories are interesting to me because many of the older ones are very good at transporting the reader back to the time the novel was written, like 1930 or post-war years, with small details that describe daily life in Paris at the time, such as frequent reminders of how cold that northern city can be, how central heating was new in 1930, how telephones were uncommon in a big city like Paris, how men regularly nipped into bars for a quick tot, and finally, the stunning lack of basic legal rights. So, some good aspects to reading the story, but the editing and proofreading should have been given more attention.

There is a shameful number of typos, missing words, and a few sentences that are nonsense. Reading this one, I thought maybe a better translation would have been achieved by a round-table of hardcore Maigret fans. In any case, a pox on Penguin for not taking more care. Each of the new ones in the Penguin series has a different translator, so while I wasn't nuts about this one, the others may have a different approach and be more like the original novels. 2 di 2 persone hanno trovato utile la seguente recensione 4.0 su 5 stelle Considering the book was written more than 80 years ago ... 29 giugno 2016 Di Amazon Customer - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Formato Kindle Acquisto verificato Considering the book was written more than 80 years ago, his main character looks quite modern in the cynicism and condescension he shows towards his colleagues, who are either too young and inexperienced or too lazy to blame. Human psyche has not evolved too much. It lacks the fast action of a modern novel though. You cannot help but see how difficult police investigation was without cell phones (to start with something)!

3.0 su 5 stelle An Interesting, if Unfinished Canvas 5 febbraio 2015 Di J. R. Trtek - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Copertina flessibile Acquisto verificato This is the first of the many Inspector Maigret mystery novels by Georges Simenon, and while I found it a reasonably compelling read, I also came away somewhat dissatisfied, though it's always possible that may be due in part to the translation. My biggest problem is with the relative lack of defining texture in the scene descriptions. For example, at one point, Maigret is trailing a suspicious character who appears to know that the inspector is following him. And Maigret seems to know that he knows, and so on. Somehow, I wanted more details, particularly psychological nuance as evidenced by outward behavior, other than two people just standing in proximity. The narrative strokes in this book are bold and the scenes very stark, but at times I felt the whole thing had somewhat of a stick figure feel to it.

The mystery is at least partly uncovered at the end, but it is simply dumped onto the reader by an all-knowing Maigret rather than teased out of the story proper, another aspect that I found less than satisfying. Still, each individual episode in the tale is engrossing, in its mood if nothing else. 1 di 1 persone hanno trovato utile la seguente recensione Maigret | Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing - eBooks | Read eBooks online 8 External links Character Some of his trademark features are his pipes, his mixed approach to detecting (at times relying on pure intuition, at times on method), his laconic manner, and his fondness for alcohol. Often during an investigation, he will step into a small cafe or bar for a drink and possibly a light lunch. His drinks of choice are beer and white wine, though he has also been known to drink pastis , Armagnac , Cognac , Calvados , Pernod , and whisky, as well as grog , to name just a few. This is not to say that he is a drunk, as it is a matter of personal pride that he can hold his liquor, and would be deeply embarrassed if he allowed himself to become intoxicated.

Maigret almost invariably wears his heavy overcoat, even when travelling to the Riviera — a fact which leads people unfamiliar with him to mark him instantly as a policeman. In the books he is described as a stocky man of above-average height, slightly overweight but not obese. He dislikes climbing stairs, and usually uses a police driver or cab for travelling even comparatively short distances in his investigations, though he also occasionally walks. During rural adventures, such as Félicie est là, he was known to borrow bicycles. Junior officers may be made to carry his attaché case. Maigret was born at the fictional village of Saint-Fiacre in the Allier department, supposedly in 1884, although different birth years may be inferred from different books. His wife's given name is Louise, but she is almost exclusively referred to as Madame Maigret in the books. They had one child, a daughter who died at birth. [2] Without any living children of his own, Maigret nevertheless demonstrates fondness for children, treating them with kindness and patience, and often indulging them.

In most of his books he and his wife live at the corner of Boulevard Richard-Lenoir and the Rue du Chemin Vert but in Maigret in Retirement , he is said to have retained his apartment on the Place des Vosges in the 4th arrondissement of Paris . He is usually successful and generally confident in his police work, although he does encounter the occasional disappointment. He is most often portrayed as a mentor to his "pupil" sidekicks , usually junior Metropolitan officers or (when he is away from Paris) the local constabulary. Maigret is genuinely proud and happy when one of his junior officers meets with some professional success. The role of mindless puppet, contrasting with the brilliance of Maigret, is reserved for public prosecutors or more frequently a Juge d'instruction or Examining Magistrate. While Maigret usually conducts his investigations in France, he has also been called upon to visit Belgium, Britain, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the United States. [3] Television adaptations There have been numerous incarnations of Maigret on the small screen all around the world. He has been portrayed by French, British, Irish, Austrian, German, Italian, Dutch and Japanese actors.

In France, Jean Gabin played the part in three films and is seen by many as the best Maigret. Arguably, the most celebrated French version stars Bruno Cremer , who played him in 54 adaptations during 1991–2005. Jean Richard had an earlier long-running series playing the character on French television — however, Simenon himself is said to have disliked Richard's Maigret because he would not take his hat off when entering a room. The Italian actor Gino Cervi played the character on Italian television, starting from 1964 up to 1972; Simenon himself considered Cervi's interpretation of the character to be possibly the best. In Japan, Kinya Aikawa played Megure, a Japanese-born equivalent to the French Maigret, reinvented in a modern Japanese setting, in Tōkyō Megure Keishi, [4] a 25-episode TV Series aired from 14 April to 29 May 1978 on Asahi TV .

Megure's wife was played by Etsuko Ichihara, who earned the praises of Simenon himself: "The best 'Madame Maigret' in my opinion, even including the French ones, was the 'Madame Maigret' on Japanese television. She was exactly right". [5] The title role in the successful British Maigret TV series was played by the actor Rupert Davies who made his debut on 31 October 1960. Davies took over the part after Basil Sydney, who appeared as Maigret in the original transmitted pilot, proved unavailable due to ill-health. Davies went on to star in 52 adaptations for BBC TV in the 1960s. His portrayal won two of the highest accolades: his versions were dubbed into French and played across the Channel ; and Simenon himself presented Davies with a novel inscribed to his "perfect Maigret". The theme song to the TV series was performed by Joe Loss and released in the UK through the EMI Group on His Masters Voice (45-POP 995).

The British television channel ITV produced an adaptation of Maigret in 1992 and 1993, in which Sir Michael Gambon starred as Maigret. A less successful earlier version (1988) on ITV cast Richard Harris in the lead role, with a somewhat idiosyncratic reading of the character. Radio adaptations Maurice Denham played Chief Inspector Maigret in a series of half-hour dramatizations of the novels on BBC Radio 4 from 1992 to 2002, with Michael Gough playing Georges Simenon . The format of each play would begin with Maigret and Simenon sitting together discussing some fact or event which would then lead into Maigret's recounting a particular case, with Simenon asking questions or commenting from time to time. After Denham's death, the series was continued in 2003 with Nicholas Le Prevost playing a gruffer, more earthy Maigret and Julian Barnes playing Simenon. Other appearances Inspector Joseph Meguire/Jozo Megure from Case Closed is loosely based on Maigret, in both appearance and name. Both are police inspectors, and are known for wearing hats and overcoats.

The rendering in the Japanese syllabary for Megure and Maigret is the same (me-gu-re; in other words, the names are pronounced the same in Japanese). Maigret himself was also highlighted in volume 5 of the Case Closed manga's edition of " Gosho Aoyama 's Mystery Library, a section of the graphic novels (usually the last page) where the author introduces a different detective (or occasionally, a villain) from mystery literature, television, or other media. List of novels List of Maigret novels by date of French-language publication. Title

Question: Which fictional sleuth made his debut in Pietr The Latvian?
Answer: Maigret