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Barcelona: Aymá, [1952]; 173, [3] p.; 15 cm (Maigret en acción; 23)
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Nine of Simenon’s best short stories, beginning with a Christmas mystery in which an otherwise sensible little girl insists that she has seen Father Christmas. No fewer than four of the stories have youthful heroes who bring out the paternal streak in Maigret and help give a delightful freshness to this collection. Translated by Jean Stewart. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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LibraryThing member thereader
A wonderful read to wind down the Christmas holidays. Maigret is a wonderful character, and the stories have that fabulous film noir aspect to them that have made them true classics of the mystery genre. Recommended
LibraryThing member mahallett
i don't really like Maigret. i find him boring and usually the story is too long.
LibraryThing member thorold
Maigret becomes — perhaps unreasonably — suspicious when the little girl across the street reports seeing a strange man in a red suit and white beard in her room on Christmas night.
Simenon and his family had obviously been in America long enough by Christmas 1951 to take it for granted that
Simenon and his family had obviously been in America long enough by Christmas 1951 to take it for granted that
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all children would believe in Santa Claus, but not long enough to realise that the rules of the genre don’t allow writers to put the jovial chimney-climber under suspicion of serious violent crimes. But this is an entertaining story, one of those where the Commissaire is able to solve the whole thing from the comfort of his own living room with the help of a few phone calls, taking advantage of Mme Maigret’s sharp observation of her neighbours. Show Less
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French
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173, 3 p.; 15 cm