The Man Who Watched Trains Go By - Couverture souple

Simenon, Georges

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1590171497 ISBN 13 : 9781590171493

Editeur : New York Review of Books, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Simenon Georges

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

“Attention should be paid to the New York Review of Books' continuing reissues of Georges Simenon. Simenon was legendary both for his literary skill–four or five books every year for 40 years–and his sexual capacity, at least to hear him tell it. What we can speak of with some certainty are the novels, which are tough, rigorously unsentimental and full of rage, duplicity and, occasionally, justice. Simenon's tone and dispassionate examination of humanity was echoed by Patricia Highsmith, who dispensed with the justice. So far, the Review has published Tropic Moon, The Man Who Watched Trains Go By, Red Lights, Dirty Snow and Three Bedrooms in Manhattan; The Strangers in the House comes out in November. Try one, and you'll want to read more.” –The Palm Beach Post

Présentation de l'éditeur

Kees Popinga is a solid Dutch burgher whose idea of a night on the town is a game of chess at his club. Or so it has always appeared. But one night this model husband and devoted father discovers his boss is bankrupt and that his own carefully tended life is in ruins. Before, he had looked on impassively as the trains to the outside world swept by; now he catches the first train he can to Amsterdam. Not long after that, he commits murder.

Kees Popinga is tired of being Kees Popinga. He's going to turn over a new leaf—though there will be hell to pay.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York Review of Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590171497
• ISBN 13: 9781590171493
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 203
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible