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Indeholder kapitlerne "1. De brune sko", "2. Den gamle jomfru med den store næse", "3. Det hårdkogte æg", "4. Begravelse i regnvejr", "5. Politibetjentens enke", "6. Tiggerne", "7. Forretningen med regnfrakker", "8. Moniques hemmelighed", "9. Dommer Coméliau bliver utålmodig".
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Konen troede at Louis var underdirektør i firmaet Kaplan og Zanin, men det lukkede faktisk for tre år siden og ingen ved lige hvor Louis havde penge fra. Han har også gået rundt med et andet slips og andre sko end dem han havde med om morgenen, når han tog på arbejde, så hvor mon han har skiftet tøj henne?
Konen har to søstre, Céline og Hortense, som begge er godt gift. De bor alle tre par i Juvisy, men Louis har aldrig været lykkelig der.
Maigret finder en enke, fru Machère, som hr Louis var begyndt at komme sammen med. Han havde et lille værelse med en kanariefugl og et par ekstra sko, og det var der, de mødtes for ikke at vække opsigt, hvor hun boede. Men hun ved heller ikke hvor han har pengene fra.
Datteren Monique bliver forhørt nærmere og vedgår gerne at hun ikke elsker sine forældre højt. Hun havde luret at faderen var blevet arbejdsløs, men havde ikke afsløret ham overfor moderen, så de var på ret god fod, men hun har heller ingen ide om hvor pengene kom fra. Hun har bildt kæresten ind at hun er gravid og de to har presset penge af faderen i ny og næ for at få penge til at gifte sig og flytte til udlandet.
Maigret finder ud af hvor pengene er kommet fra, for Neveu fanger en gammelkendt tyveknægt på 63 år, Jef Schrameck, kaldet klovnen Fred, eller Akrobaten. Han kan fortælle at han og Louis havde fundet en smuk lille fidus, hvor Jef gemte sig i en butik i middagspausen, tømte kassen og smuttede udbyttet ud til Louis via en vinduessprække eller lignende. Pengene har Jef spillet for, men han har ikke slået Louis ihjel.
Maigret sætter huset, hvor Louis havde sin ekstrabolig i, under overvågning og efter nogle uger fanger han værtindens kæreste Marco. Værtinden, Mariette Gibon, er ikke begejstret.
Sødt fortalt lille hverdagsdrama. Maigret er en fornøjelse at følge under et forhør.
Maigret bliver
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tilkaldt til et knivdrab. Den dræbte viser sig at være ca 45 år gammel og hed Louis Thouret. Han var gift og har en voksen hjemmeboende datter Monique. Konen Emilie er meget kontrolerende og kan straks se at Louis har andre sko på og et andet slips end da han gik hjemmefra. Han har også flere penge på lommen end om morgenen, to brugte biografbilletter og endelig burde han have været på arbejde da han blev myrdet. Monique har en kæreste Albert Jorisse, som har gjort sig usynlig.Konen troede at Louis var underdirektør i firmaet Kaplan og Zanin, men det lukkede faktisk for tre år siden og ingen ved lige hvor Louis havde penge fra. Han har også gået rundt med et andet slips og andre sko end dem han havde med om morgenen, når han tog på arbejde, så hvor mon han har skiftet tøj henne?
Konen har to søstre, Céline og Hortense, som begge er godt gift. De bor alle tre par i Juvisy, men Louis har aldrig været lykkelig der.
Maigret finder en enke, fru Machère, som hr Louis var begyndt at komme sammen med. Han havde et lille værelse med en kanariefugl og et par ekstra sko, og det var der, de mødtes for ikke at vække opsigt, hvor hun boede. Men hun ved heller ikke hvor han har pengene fra.
Datteren Monique bliver forhørt nærmere og vedgår gerne at hun ikke elsker sine forældre højt. Hun havde luret at faderen var blevet arbejdsløs, men havde ikke afsløret ham overfor moderen, så de var på ret god fod, men hun har heller ingen ide om hvor pengene kom fra. Hun har bildt kæresten ind at hun er gravid og de to har presset penge af faderen i ny og næ for at få penge til at gifte sig og flytte til udlandet.
Maigret finder ud af hvor pengene er kommet fra, for Neveu fanger en gammelkendt tyveknægt på 63 år, Jef Schrameck, kaldet klovnen Fred, eller Akrobaten. Han kan fortælle at han og Louis havde fundet en smuk lille fidus, hvor Jef gemte sig i en butik i middagspausen, tømte kassen og smuttede udbyttet ud til Louis via en vinduessprække eller lignende. Pengene har Jef spillet for, men han har ikke slået Louis ihjel.
Maigret sætter huset, hvor Louis havde sin ekstrabolig i, under overvågning og efter nogle uger fanger han værtindens kæreste Marco. Værtinden, Mariette Gibon, er ikke begejstret.
Sødt fortalt lille hverdagsdrama. Maigret er en fornøjelse at følge under et forhør.
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Kbh. : Carit Andersen, [1953].
Description
Mondays are nobody's favorite day, but when Maigret's week begins with a corpse found stabbed to death in a Parisian alley, the Inspector immediately sees a flaw. Murders are rarely committed on Mondays. That clue, along with the victim's strange recent behavior, leads Maigret to the cause of this nasty crime-and reveals the tale of a deadly marriage.
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LibraryThing member mstrust
Maigret is called to see the body of a man stabbed in the back in a narrow Parisian alleyway. The man seems utterly unremarkable, so why would anyone bother to stab him? Maigret's digging uncovers a timid husband who was too afraid to tell his wife he had long ago lost his job, a bratty daughter
This was my first Simenon and I really liked going with Maigret and his team of young inspectors all over Paris. They can't spot a cafe or brassiere without needing a little drink and where to lunch is planned with care. I have just one complaint and I've had to knock half a star off because of it.
The whole affair wraps up with a person who isn't even a character in the book. Really. I went back wondering if it had been a very minor character that I had forgotten about, but nope. Not there. Just a name at the end. Weird.
I'll read more from Simenon, and I'll have a lot of choices as he wrote over two hundred books.
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who has little regard for her parents and an elderly brothel keeper.This was my first Simenon and I really liked going with Maigret and his team of young inspectors all over Paris. They can't spot a cafe or brassiere without needing a little drink and where to lunch is planned with care. I have just one complaint and I've had to knock half a star off because of it.
The whole affair wraps up with a person who isn't even a character in the book. Really. I went back wondering if it had been a very minor character that I had forgotten about, but nope. Not there. Just a name at the end. Weird.
I'll read more from Simenon, and I'll have a lot of choices as he wrote over two hundred books.
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LibraryThing member thorold
A fairly undemanding, but enjoyable Maigret — the Commisaire's investigation this time centres on a series of leisurely interviews aimed at unravelling the life of the apparently unremarkable Louis Thuret, a man who goes to work every morning and returns to his wife in the suburbs on the same
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train every night, but has nonetheless somehow managed to get himself stabbed to death in an alleyway in the middle of the afternoon. As always with Simenon, there's a lot of attention to the detail of everyday life: the big questions have less to do with "who did it?" than with when and where to have lunch, whether or not to wear galoshes, whether or not to sit down and risk getting rainwater on the witness's furniture, etc. And of course we are once again made to reflect on the line, much finer than we like to think, dividing crime from respectable lower-middle-class life. Show Less
LibraryThing member franoscar
yes, absolutely there will be as many spoilers as possible.
A man is killed in a narrow alley. He turns out to have a horrible wife in the suburbs who thinks he still has the job he lost (when the business shut down) many months (years?) before. Somehow he gets money and brings it home at night.
Meanwhile, the dead man had rented a room in an unregistered rooming house run by an ex-madam. This criminal presence is at the edge of our senses but it turns out that is where the murderer came from. They just stole his money and killed him before he could find out.
The daughter's boyfriend shows up, the daughter is horrible, the wife is horrible, and the nice man who just happened to do a little robbing, is dead.
Along with the theme of keeping the job loss secret from the yucky wife, there is also the theme of him being controlled by the yucky wife & breaking out; the guy buys some light brown (dung colored) shoes and one of the reasons he needs a room in town is to have a place to leave his new possessions.The wife would never let him wear such shoes, or a tie with color. He takes up with another woman who resembles the wife. But then he is murdered.
A man is killed in a narrow alley. He turns out to have a horrible wife in the suburbs who thinks he still has the job he lost (when the business shut down) many months (years?) before. Somehow he gets money and brings it home at night.
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Maigret visits people he used to work with and gets several reports of him sitting on a bench in the middle of the day. There is cold weather and there is a lot of policework tracking people down. A man is found who committed robberies in cahoots with the dead man. The dead man has a daughter who is horrible too, and has a boyfriend younger than her who has disappeared.Meanwhile, the dead man had rented a room in an unregistered rooming house run by an ex-madam. This criminal presence is at the edge of our senses but it turns out that is where the murderer came from. They just stole his money and killed him before he could find out.
The daughter's boyfriend shows up, the daughter is horrible, the wife is horrible, and the nice man who just happened to do a little robbing, is dead.
Along with the theme of keeping the job loss secret from the yucky wife, there is also the theme of him being controlled by the yucky wife & breaking out; the guy buys some light brown (dung colored) shoes and one of the reasons he needs a room in town is to have a place to leave his new possessions.The wife would never let him wear such shoes, or a tie with color. He takes up with another woman who resembles the wife. But then he is murdered.
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LibraryThing member smik
The concept of a murder victim having a secret life that his family knew nothing of is one that plenty of writers since Simenon have explored. But once Louis Thouret's wife states that her dead husband is wearing shoes and a tie that she has never seen, and then Maigret discovers that the firm that
By today's standards MAIGRET & the MAN on the BOULEVARD is a relatively short novel, and thus a quick read. Maigret is chafing a bit at the idea that as the Chief he should be giving the orders, and planning the investigation, rather than doing the spade work which he loves to do.
MAIGRET & the MAN on the BOULEVARD comes roughly in the middle of Simenon's publishing career, and for me epitomised what he was well known for - an economy of style, at the same time as masterful written dialogue.
It didn't feel dated either.
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he supposedly works for has been out of business for three years, then there are other questions that Maigret absolutely must have answers to. What does Louis Thouret do during the day? Where does he keep the clothes he wears during the day, because he certainly doesn't leave home in them in the morning. Does he have another job? Where is his income coming from? Why was he in the dead-end alley where he was murdered? And finally - who murdered Louis Thouret and why?By today's standards MAIGRET & the MAN on the BOULEVARD is a relatively short novel, and thus a quick read. Maigret is chafing a bit at the idea that as the Chief he should be giving the orders, and planning the investigation, rather than doing the spade work which he loves to do.
MAIGRET & the MAN on the BOULEVARD comes roughly in the middle of Simenon's publishing career, and for me epitomised what he was well known for - an economy of style, at the same time as masterful written dialogue.
It didn't feel dated either.
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LibraryThing member earthwind
Mondays are not usually a crime day, but when a man is found stabbed to death in an alley, the investigation by Maigret leads to many people who saw him sitting on various benches on one of the Paris boulevards and reveals the tale of a deadly marriage. Interesting line drawings of benches.facing
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LibraryThing member MlleEhreen
I really wish this book hadn't ended badly.
I was charmed as I read, intrigued by the mystery, diverted by all the odd people Maigret meets and interviews over the course of his investigation. It opens with a murder, and much of the book is about piecing together the victim's double life: by
The mystery of Louis' murder is tied closely to the mystery of what, exactly, he did with his seemingly empty days. We find out at the start that the factory where Louis claimed to work had shut down three years earlier, that Louis hadn't found a new job, yet the paychecks he brought home to his family never halted; in fact, his income had increased.
Maigret, the Chief Inspector, is one of the Great Detectives - listed alongside the likes of Sherlock and Poirot - so I was eager to get to know him. I can't imagine a more likable detective than Maigret. He spends most of the book wandering in and out of various bars and restaurants. He hops in for a bit to eat, or a quick aperitif, before and after every interview. He brings some of his informants little presents when he stops by, he's careful about dripping rain on a freshly waxed floor, he calls his wife when he's going to be working late.
And while Maigret gets to the bottom of things, he's not a monomaniac. He gets bored of his case and decides to work on something else for a while - more than once. He rolls his eyes and sighs internally when overeager underlings try to pull heroic stunts. He delegates.
The problem is that for all the interesting, well-chosen details, for all the sympathy Simenon made me feel for Louis, this is a detective novel where the author did not play fair with the clues.
When Maigret named 'whodunit', the audience did not have enough information to make a correct deduction.The killer, in fact, is never introduced as a character - we never hear his name even once until the moment when he is revealed as the killer. He isn't mentioned or referred to; he doesn't exist at all, until the very end, when all of a sudden he's our guy. And he never appears in a scene. Simenon loses a lot of points from me for that; one of the pleasures of reading Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard was feeling like I was in competent hands, along for the ride with Maigret, gathering clues. The ending was a total let down; it felt like a betrayal.
The book was such a straight mystery that I can't really forgive Simenon for cheating. So while I enjoyed the book, while I'd happily read another, even, I'm knocking it down to three for failing as a mystery. (Also for being $10, because that's crazy).
As a final note: I really, really wished I had read this in the original French - and, in fact, I don't think I would read another Maigret in English. The translation is fine, but the language is clean and on the spare side. Every detail is interesting and well chosen - from a writer's standpoint, that might be the most interesting thing about this novel. In any case, it's simple enough to be a fun, easy read in French; the perfect thing to keep a foot in, as it were. (And that just leaves me with the task of figuring out how to get French language ebooks onto my Kindle? Simenon doesn't seem to have reached the Public Domain yet - he's not on Project Gutenberg, anyhow).
I was charmed as I read, intrigued by the mystery, diverted by all the odd people Maigret meets and interviews over the course of his investigation. It opens with a murder, and much of the book is about piecing together the victim's double life: by
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evening, Louis was a henpecked shopkeeper, by day aimless, free-spirited, and happy.The mystery of Louis' murder is tied closely to the mystery of what, exactly, he did with his seemingly empty days. We find out at the start that the factory where Louis claimed to work had shut down three years earlier, that Louis hadn't found a new job, yet the paychecks he brought home to his family never halted; in fact, his income had increased.
Maigret, the Chief Inspector, is one of the Great Detectives - listed alongside the likes of Sherlock and Poirot - so I was eager to get to know him. I can't imagine a more likable detective than Maigret. He spends most of the book wandering in and out of various bars and restaurants. He hops in for a bit to eat, or a quick aperitif, before and after every interview. He brings some of his informants little presents when he stops by, he's careful about dripping rain on a freshly waxed floor, he calls his wife when he's going to be working late.
And while Maigret gets to the bottom of things, he's not a monomaniac. He gets bored of his case and decides to work on something else for a while - more than once. He rolls his eyes and sighs internally when overeager underlings try to pull heroic stunts. He delegates.
The problem is that for all the interesting, well-chosen details, for all the sympathy Simenon made me feel for Louis, this is a detective novel where the author did not play fair with the clues.
When Maigret named 'whodunit', the audience did not have enough information to make a correct deduction.
The book was such a straight mystery that I can't really forgive Simenon for cheating. So while I enjoyed the book, while I'd happily read another, even, I'm knocking it down to three for failing as a mystery. (Also for being $10, because that's crazy).
As a final note: I really, really wished I had read this in the original French - and, in fact, I don't think I would read another Maigret in English. The translation is fine, but the language is clean and on the spare side. Every detail is interesting and well chosen - from a writer's standpoint, that might be the most interesting thing about this novel. In any case, it's simple enough to be a fun, easy read in French; the perfect thing to keep a foot in, as it were. (And that just leaves me with the task of figuring out how to get French language ebooks onto my Kindle? Simenon doesn't seem to have reached the Public Domain yet - he's not on Project Gutenberg, anyhow).
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LibraryThing member BooksForDinner
Quality Maigret as always. It is remarkable how good his books are despite having churned so many of them out. I can't think of someone who was a better combination of production and quality.
LibraryThing member AnnieMod
Murders usually do not happen on a Monday. And yet, on this Monday, October 19, a man is found dead in an alley. It looks almost like a regular mugging gone wrong and yet when Maigret and his team start investigating, they realize that things do not add up - the dead man's wife claims that the
The mystery of why the man had the double life is a lot more interesting than the murder itself. As with a lot of these novels, it is as much a novel of murder and crime as it is of France at the time of writing - maybe some characters are exaggerated but the background feels real. As for the murderer - I'd usually consider the way they were introduced a cheat by a crime novelist but here it works - we may meet them for the first time when they are revealed as the killer but there are enough hints before that to know that this person exists and is a possibility.
Overall an enjoyable entry in the series. And Maigret's sparring with the examining magistrate Judge Coméliau is as amusing as usual (although this is one part of the novel that probably reads better if you read the novels in order - there is a lot of back history there).
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shoes he is wearing don't belong to her husband and the job he supposedly worked at had not existed for the last few years. So in order to find out who killed him, Maigret first need to find out what happened to that man in the years before he died - because it looks like the man lived a double life - one in the suburbs during the nights and weekends with the wife and one somewhere else during the working days. The mystery of why the man had the double life is a lot more interesting than the murder itself. As with a lot of these novels, it is as much a novel of murder and crime as it is of France at the time of writing - maybe some characters are exaggerated but the background feels real. As for the murderer - I'd usually consider the way they were introduced a cheat by a crime novelist but here it works - we may meet them for the first time when they are revealed as the killer but there are enough hints before that to know that this person exists and is a possibility.
Overall an enjoyable entry in the series. And Maigret's sparring with the examining magistrate Judge Coméliau is as amusing as usual (although this is one part of the novel that probably reads better if you read the novels in order - there is a lot of back history there).
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Original language
French
Original publication date
1953 (original French)
1975 (English: Ellenbogen)
Physical description
160 p.; 18.5 cm
Local notes
Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser et sort/hvidt foto af en skummel gyde
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "Maigret et l'homme du bac" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Undertitel "Maigret og manden på bænken"
Maigret, bind 48
Side 21: Hun havde ordnet ikke blot sit eget liv, men hele familiens, og sådan et mord hørte ikke hjemme inden for de fastlagte rammer. Og da slet ikke et lig med brune sko og rødt slips!
Side 74: Damen, der kom og lukkede op, havde ikke klædt sig på, hun var stadig i badekåben, hvis blå farve klædte hende så dårligt som vel muligt.
Side 79: Gennem en dørsprække kunne han se en splitternøgen ung kvinde med et badehåndklæde i hånden, der stod og kiggede på dem.
Omslaget viser et sort/hvidt foto af en skummel gyde
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "Maigret et l'homme du bac" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Undertitel "Maigret og manden på bænken"
Maigret, bind 48
Side 21: Hun havde ordnet ikke blot sit eget liv, men hele familiens, og sådan et mord hørte ikke hjemme inden for de fastlagte rammer. Og da slet ikke et lig med brune sko og rødt slips!
Side 74: Damen, der kom og lukkede op, havde ikke klædt sig på, hun var stadig i badekåben, hvis blå farve klædte hende så dårligt som vel muligt.
Side 79: Gennem en dørsprække kunne han se en splitternøgen ung kvinde med et badehåndklæde i hånden, der stod og kiggede på dem.
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