My Friend Maigret
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First editionBy Georges Simenon
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Originally
Mon Ami Maigret
First publication
1949
Literature form
Novel
Genres
Crime, mystery
Writing language
French
Author's country
Belgium
Length
Approx. 54,500 words
Notable lines
"So you were in the doorway of your establishment?"
"Yes, inspector, sir."
There was not point going over it all again. Four or five times Maigret had tried to persuade him to say just "inspector". What did it matter? What did any of it matter?
— First lines, trans. Shaun Whiteside
"You came to France to find out about our methods, and you will have observed that we don't have any."
After which, very quickly, he turned his head and looked at the bottom of the water.
— Last line
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