The Madman of Bergerac

The Madman of Bergerac
AuthorGeorges Simenon
Original titleFrench: Le Fou de Bergerac
LanguageFrench
SeriesInspector Jules Maigret
GenreDetective fiction, Crime fiction
PublisherFayard
Publication date
1932
Publication placeBelgium
Published in English
1940
Media typePrint
Preceded byDeath of a Harbour Master 
Followed byLiberty Bar 

The Madman of Bergerac (French: Le Fou de Bergerac) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.

Translations

The book has been translated two times into English: in 1940 by Geoffrey Sainsbury as The Madman of Bergerac, and in 2015 by Ros Schwartz with the same title.[1]

The book is translated into the Georgian language as ბერჟერაკელი მანიაკი, by Nukri Fkhakadze and Giorgi Chikobava.[2]

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted four times for film and television: in French in 1979 as Maigret et le fou de Bergerac, with Jean Richard in the lead role and in 2002 as Maigret et le fou de Saint-Clothilde, with Bruno Cremer in the main role; in Italian in 1972 as Il pazzo di Bergerac, with Gino Cervi and in English in 1962 as The Madman of Vervac, with Rupert Davies in the main role.[3]

Literature

  • Maurice Piron, Michel Lemoine, L'Univers de Simenon, guide des romans et nouvelles (1931-1972) de Georges Simenon, Presses de la Cité, 1983, p. 284-285 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)

References

  1. ^ Publication history at trussel.com.; retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ^ სიმენონი, ჟ. (2017). ბერჟერაკელი მანიაკი, თავის საფასური. თბილისი: პალიტრა L. ISBN 978-9941-24-788-0.
  3. ^ Film history at trussel.com.; retrieved 18 February 2023.