The Shadow Puppet

Author(s): Georges Simenon; Ros Schwartz (Translator)

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A new translation of this gripping domestic tragedy, set in Simenon's very own neighbourhood. Book twelve in the new Penguin Maigret series.

One by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet. A taxi pulled up. It wasn't the public prosecutor yet. A young woman crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, leaving a whiff of perfume in her wake. Summoned to the dimly-lit Place des Vosges one night, where he sees shadowy figures at apartment windows, Maigret uncovers a tragic story of desperate lives, unhappy families, addiction and a terrible, fatal greed.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as Maigret Mystified and The Shadow in the Courtyard.

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.' - John Gray

'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.' - The Guardian

'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness.' - The Independent

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GEORGES SIMENON (1903-1989) was born in Liege, Belgium. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, he is a household name in continental Europe with a prolific output of more than four hundred novels and short stories.

General Fields

  • : 9780141394183
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.131542
  • : October 2014
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : November 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 160
  • : 843.912
  • : English
  • : 12
  • : Paperback
  • : Georges Simenon; Ros Schwartz (Translator)