Monday, May 21, 2018

INSPECTOR MAIGRET #20

Georges Simenon, Cecile is Dead (Inspector Maigret), translated from the French by Anthea Bell (New York: Penguin Books, 2015) ("The lawyer, sitting back in his rattan chair and warming the brandy glass in his podgy hand, murmured optimistically, 'Take no notice, the police are like that. They don't care for dealing with businessmen, you see, so it annoyed him to find me here. You can rely on me to . . .'" Id. at 90-91.).