My Friend Maigret

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My Friend Maigret
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Authory
Georges Simenon, Belgium

Original title
Mon Ami Maigret

First publication
1949

Form
Novel

Genre
Crime, mystery

Writing language
French

Length
Approx. 54,500 words

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• Crime and Mystery

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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