The Man Who Wasn't Maigret

The Man Who Wasn't Maigret
AuthorPatrick Marnham
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeorges Simenon
Genrebiography
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Published in English
16 April 1992
Pages320
ISBN9780747508847

The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon is a biography about the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, written by the Englishman Patrick Marnham and published by Bloomsbury in 1992. It covers the often contradictory material about Simenon's life, including the correspondences between his prolific literary output and sexual life.[1][2][3][4]

The book received the 1993 Marsh Biography Award.[5]

References

  1. ^ Binyon, T. J. (3 December 1992). "Did he really?". London Review of Books. 14 (23). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. ^ Banville, John (25 April 1993). "Private I : The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon, By Patrick Marnham (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $25; 322 pp.)". Los Angeles Review. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  3. ^ "The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon". Publishers Weekly. 29 March 1993. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ^ "The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon". Kirkus Reviews. 1 March 1993. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Marsh Biography Award". Marsh Charitable Trust. Retrieved 8 December 2023.