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Maigret Enjoys Himself: Inspector Maigret #50

Inspector Maigret is meant to be taking a holiday, but he can`t resist following the development of his colleague Janvier`s case in the papers – and playing a few tricks on the way.Standing here at the window in the middle of the morning, vaguely observing the comings and goings in the street, he had a feeling that reminded of certain days in his childhood, when his mother was still alive and he was off school because he had the `flu or it was the end of term. It was the feeling of finding out `what went on when he wasn`t there`.Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret`s Little Joke.`His artistry is supreme` John Banville`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` Guardian`