{"product_id":"maigret-and-the-enigmatic-lett","title":"Maigret And the Enigmatic Lett","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first audiobook which appeared in Georges Simenon's famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInevitably Maigret was a hostile presence in the Majestic. He constituted a kind of foreign body that the hotel's atmosphere could not assimilate. Not that he looked like a cartoon policeman. He didn't have a moustache and he didn't wear heavy boots. His clothes were well cut and made of fairly light worsted. He shaved every day and looked after his hands. But his frame was proletarian. He was a big, bony man. His firm muscles filled out his jacket and quickly pulled all his trousers out of shape. He had a way of imposing himself just by standing there. His assertive presence had often irked many of his own colleagues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Simenon's first novel featuring Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces the true identity of Pietr the Latvian. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/georges-simenon-books\"\u003eGeorges Simenon\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780140020236\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £16.22","offer_id":47909127061681,"sku":"SB-0140020233-C4","price":16.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0140020233.jpg?v=1789291477","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/maigret-and-the-enigmatic-lett","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}