
The Grand Banks Café
Inspector Maigret, Book 9
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Gareth Armstrong
About this listen
It was indeed a photo, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible. On the other hand, below the head, the torso had not been touched. A pair of large breasts. A light-coloured silk dress, very tight and very low cut.
Sailors don't talk much to other men, especially not to policemen. But after Captain Fallut's body is found floating near his trawler, they all mention the Evil Eye when they speak of the Ocean's voyage.
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 Coward is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds, England, and an award- winning translator of numerous works from French.
©2014 Georges Simenon, David Coward (P)2014 Audible StudiosCritic reviews
Would you listen to The Grand Banks Café again? Why?
Yes, in a few years time, when the finer details of the story have slipped my memory.What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Not entirely suprisedWhich character – as performed by Gareth Armstrong – was your favourite?
Apart from Maigret himself of course, the brawling sailor, worried about that "wallet-business".Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, and I did.Any additional comments?
In the series that is published so far ...its nr 8), this was the weakest story. Perhaps I should rephrase that. Weakest detective story. Simenon mostly uses the detective genre to tell little stories about human drama, and colours in the grey areas in the crimes committed. This book was very much a novella about how men can be, and were, driven to distraction by a Delilah figure. The "crime" element in the book felt a bit forced, and there most definitely was not an investigation as such. Maigret walks into the drama on his holidays, ferrets the story out of people, and then simply walks away again.Delilah and the cod-fishers
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most gripping and enjoyable le
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A good yarn full of humanity
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Another successful reading from Gareth Armstrong
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More Simenon magic
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