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Inspector Maigret #6
丕賱賰賱亘 丕賱兀氐賮乇
On a stormy evening in the coastal town of Concarneau, Monsieur Mostaguen, a local wine merchant, is shot after leaving the Admiral Hotel. When Inspector Maigret is called in to solve the crime, he finds the townspeople in a state of panic, provoked by inflammatory articles in the press, as one by one prominent citizens of the town are attacked. But what connects the victims? What is Emma, the downtrodden hotel waitress, hiding from Maigret? And what is the significance of the mysterious yellow dog lurking around Concarneau, causing its citizens great unease?
213 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1931
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About the author
Georges Simenon
2,558听books2,171听followersGeorges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 鈥� 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres 脿 Manhattan (1946), Maigret 脿 New York (1947), Maigret se f芒che (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige 茅tait sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), M茅moires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres 脿 Manhattan (1946), Maigret 脿 New York (1947), Maigret se f芒che (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige 茅tait sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), M茅moires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
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May 29, 2022
A lunchtime Listen ( May 2022)
I think this is now the second Maigret that has a been a lunchtime ;listen for my wife and I. With most of the renovation on the house complete these are an excellent series of books as they are all only about 4 hrs long. So a few long lunchtimes and you've heard the whole story.
As I mentioned below, when I read the book, it is as ever a fabulous snippet of French life from early last century and I would recommend to anyone who enjoys detective mysteries and has an interest in classical examples of this genre, as well as a flavour of France.
I have to say that the Maigret's we have listened to so far have all been read wonderfully by Gareth Armstrong (maybe he has read them all ? )
Personal Challenge (April 2019)
And so my personal challenge to read all the Maigrets continues.
This is number 5 in the series (despite what GR says) and at my rationed rate of 1 a month (otherwise I鈥檇 probably binge read and maybe even get fed up with them ), I have over 6 years to go, woo hoo !!
This was as excellent as all the previous novels, this time marvellously translated by Linda Asher.
Maigret has just returned to Paris after setting up the flying squad in Rennes when he is called in to investigate the (almost) murderous attack on a respected pillar of the Concarneau community.
More to follow tomorrow (when I鈥檓 not on my phone) , but this is a solid and eminently enjoyable 5 star read
This book is a marvellous example of Maigret's style, as he himself says, sometimes he allows things to happen, and sometimes he drives the action (these are my words pr茅cis-ing what Maigret explains to his junior officer). There are a number of red herrings, a number or people misrepresenting themselves and still Maigret cuts through to the solution of the case, showing his intelligence, his caring side and above all his perceptiveness.
As I said above this is a solid 5 star book for anyone who likes detective stories, it conjures up France in the 1930s and yet above all, it is timeless.
I am going to find it difficult not to choose my monthly Maigret as my favourite monthly book, we shall see.......
I think this is now the second Maigret that has a been a lunchtime ;listen for my wife and I. With most of the renovation on the house complete these are an excellent series of books as they are all only about 4 hrs long. So a few long lunchtimes and you've heard the whole story.
As I mentioned below, when I read the book, it is as ever a fabulous snippet of French life from early last century and I would recommend to anyone who enjoys detective mysteries and has an interest in classical examples of this genre, as well as a flavour of France.
I have to say that the Maigret's we have listened to so far have all been read wonderfully by Gareth Armstrong (maybe he has read them all ? )
Personal Challenge (April 2019)
And so my personal challenge to read all the Maigrets continues.
This is number 5 in the series (despite what GR says) and at my rationed rate of 1 a month (otherwise I鈥檇 probably binge read and maybe even get fed up with them ), I have over 6 years to go, woo hoo !!
This was as excellent as all the previous novels, this time marvellously translated by Linda Asher.
Maigret has just returned to Paris after setting up the flying squad in Rennes when he is called in to investigate the (almost) murderous attack on a respected pillar of the Concarneau community.
More to follow tomorrow (when I鈥檓 not on my phone) , but this is a solid and eminently enjoyable 5 star read
This book is a marvellous example of Maigret's style, as he himself says, sometimes he allows things to happen, and sometimes he drives the action (these are my words pr茅cis-ing what Maigret explains to his junior officer). There are a number of red herrings, a number or people misrepresenting themselves and still Maigret cuts through to the solution of the case, showing his intelligence, his caring side and above all his perceptiveness.
As I said above this is a solid 5 star book for anyone who likes detective stories, it conjures up France in the 1930s and yet above all, it is timeless.
I am going to find it difficult not to choose my monthly Maigret as my favourite monthly book, we shall see.......
March 14, 2021
The shooting of a well-known wine merchant, and the appearance of a yellow coloured dog that no one knows, in the port town of Concarneau creates concern amongst the population and especially those who drink at the nearby Hotel Admiral's bar.
Inspector Maigret, who is currently in Rennes to organise a new mobile squad is called to investigate. At first, this seems to be a shooting of a local man who was drunk in the wrong place late at night, but as Maigret settles into the Admiral hotel, he sees and senses more, especially as other people see the yellow dog as sinister and events create real worry and fear for this town.
What have a retired newspaper journalist, the Danish consul, a rather odd doctor, a lonely waitress and a the officious mayor to do with the events; and who does the dog belong to?
In just 133 pages, Georges Simenon creates plots, characters and atmosphere that pull the reader in for a superb 1930's French coastal Maigret adventure that explores crime, revenge and love.
Inspector Maigret, who is currently in Rennes to organise a new mobile squad is called to investigate. At first, this seems to be a shooting of a local man who was drunk in the wrong place late at night, but as Maigret settles into the Admiral hotel, he sees and senses more, especially as other people see the yellow dog as sinister and events create real worry and fear for this town.
What have a retired newspaper journalist, the Danish consul, a rather odd doctor, a lonely waitress and a the officious mayor to do with the events; and who does the dog belong to?
In just 133 pages, Georges Simenon creates plots, characters and atmosphere that pull the reader in for a superb 1930's French coastal Maigret adventure that explores crime, revenge and love.
May 6, 2025
4 stars for a short mystery at 144 pages. Chief Inspector Maigret is called to the small seaside town of Concarneau, France to investigate a shooting and possible attempted murder. In addition, a strange yellow dog is seen in town. There are more attacks before Maigret solves the mystery. The key to the mystery is found in an elusive giant of a man.
I thought that this mystery was a pleasant read and recommend it to fans Of Georges Simenon and mystery fans in general. There is no graphic violence, graphic sex or bad language. The translation was excellent.
Thank You Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador for sending me this eARC through Netgalley.
#TheYellowDogInspectorMaigret #NetGalley
Pub Date Jun 03 2025
I thought that this mystery was a pleasant read and recommend it to fans Of Georges Simenon and mystery fans in general. There is no graphic violence, graphic sex or bad language. The translation was excellent.
Thank You Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador for sending me this eARC through Netgalley.
#TheYellowDogInspectorMaigret #NetGalley
Pub Date Jun 03 2025
November 22, 2020
As is true of all of the Maigret novels that I've read - perhaps more particularly the earlier ones - this isn't about the solution of a crime, although there is a solution. It's about atmosphere and psychology, with the spectre and, at the same time, reality of a yellow dog pervading everything.
If someone is new to Simenon's Maigret novels, this might be as good a place to start as any.
I read an amusing anecdote recently that I thought I'd share here:
A recent letter in the London Review of Books tells a story of Alfred Hitchcock telephoning Simenon at his home in Switzerland, only to be told by his secretary that the writer couldn't be disturbed because he had just begun a new novel. Hitchcock, aware of Simenon's prodigiousness, replied: "That's all right, I'll wait."
If someone is new to Simenon's Maigret novels, this might be as good a place to start as any.
I read an amusing anecdote recently that I thought I'd share here:
A recent letter in the London Review of Books tells a story of Alfred Hitchcock telephoning Simenon at his home in Switzerland, only to be told by his secretary that the writer couldn't be disturbed because he had just begun a new novel. Hitchcock, aware of Simenon's prodigiousness, replied: "That's all right, I'll wait."
November 2, 2022
Siempre es un placer leer a Simenon, adentrarse en el ambiente del pueblo peque帽o y brumoso que tiembla frente a un mar helado y abriga incontables secretos. Los personajes inolvidables y bien dibujados y una trama que se mantiene hasta el final. Divertido tambi茅n. Todo un cl谩sico.
Hab铆a en la atm贸sfera del bar algo gris, mortecino, pero era imposible precisar el qu茅. Por una puerta abierta, se ve铆a el comedor, y unas camareras con el traje t铆pico bret贸n estaban poniendo la mesa para la cena.
Hab铆a en la atm贸sfera del bar algo gris, mortecino, pero era imposible precisar el qu茅. Por una puerta abierta, se ve铆a el comedor, y unas camareras con el traje t铆pico bret贸n estaban poniendo la mesa para la cena.
November 5, 2019
Celebrity Death Match Special: Le chien jaune versus Snoopy
Awarding of match point delayed after Inspector Maigret reminds judges not to draw premature conclusions
Awarding of match point delayed after Inspector Maigret reminds judges not to draw premature conclusions
August 8, 2014
Four hard-drinking, lecherous friends 鈥� all of them well to do 鈥� meet most nights at the Admiral Hotel鈥檚 caf茅 in the backwater seaside town of Concarneau 鈥� when they鈥檙e not carousing. On Friday, Nov. 7, one of their number is wounded, shot in the stomach, on his way home from a night of drinking with these friends. One by one each friend, is attacked 鈥� always when a certain yellow dog is present (or appears soon after) 鈥� until only one remains: the cowardly Dr. Ernest Michoux. Beside himself with terror, Dr. Michoux refuses to leave the confines of the Admiral Hotel. Will the murderer strike again anyway?
Georges Simenon has crafted an intriguing slim novel in which Inspector Jules Maigret operates at his surliest. He realizes that the perpetrator is sowing red herrings to disguise the real purpose of the crime spree. And that the finest citizens of Concarneau have the most to hide. For those looking for a mystery story with some French flair and an off-beat plot, look no farther than The Yellow Dog.
Georges Simenon has crafted an intriguing slim novel in which Inspector Jules Maigret operates at his surliest. He realizes that the perpetrator is sowing red herrings to disguise the real purpose of the crime spree. And that the finest citizens of Concarneau have the most to hide. For those looking for a mystery story with some French flair and an off-beat plot, look no farther than The Yellow Dog.
June 5, 2024
袧械 芯褔邪泻胁邪泄褌械 泻芯泄 蟹薪邪泄 泻芯谢泻芯 蟹邪锌谢械褌械薪懈 泻褉懈屑懈薪邪谢薪懈 蟹邪谐邪写泻懈 芯褌 褋谢褍褔邪懈褌械 薪邪 泻芯屑懈褋邪褉 袦械谐褉械!
啸邪褉械褋邪褏邪 屑懈 屑薪芯谐芯 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪褌邪, 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟褌邪 薪邪 谐械褉芯懈褌械 懈 薪邪 薪褉邪胁懈褌械 芯褌 芯薪芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械!
"袞褗谢褌芯褌芯 泻褍褔械" - 3,5*
"袦械谐褉械" - 3,5*
啸邪褉械褋邪褏邪 屑懈 屑薪芯谐芯 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪褌邪, 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟褌邪 薪邪 谐械褉芯懈褌械 懈 薪邪 薪褉邪胁懈褌械 芯褌 芯薪芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械!
"袞褗谢褌芯褌芯 泻褍褔械" - 3,5*
"袦械谐褉械" - 3,5*
January 11, 2024
I've already read quite a lot of Mr. Simenon's stories.
None of them is poor, quite a few are very, very good and some of them just average. That is the case here: the plot, the characters, the atmosphere, even the weather...
Ps: One of the others I like less is Piotr the Latvian. This is no. 6, Piotr is no. 1 , so the first Maigret stories are less attractive than the next ones.
None of them is poor, quite a few are very, very good and some of them just average. That is the case here: the plot, the characters, the atmosphere, even the weather...
Ps: One of the others I like less is Piotr the Latvian. This is no. 6, Piotr is no. 1 , so the first Maigret stories are less attractive than the next ones.
September 7, 2012
There's a reason this one is considered a classic Maigret.
The early books in this series have been a little bit hit and miss in terms of real quality vs Simenon's famed speedy production but The Yellow Dog was reissued as part of the Penguin Red Classics series and is deserving of the accolade.
Set in a sleepy seaside town Maigret is called in to solve the seemingly random shooting of a drunken major from a letterbox of a locked up abandoned building. There's a multitude of suspects and suspicions amongst the locals and many red herrings planted in his path but naturally Maigret has everything under control.
Simenon puts together a fine mystery with a high quality of human observation and a way of setting scene that is second to none. The way he evokes the cold and fog of small town life leaves you thinking you can smell the damp in the air, even when you're on an air conditioned train in Perth, and the games he plays with your sympathies for each character makes for a fun ride.
People have criticised the passivity of Maigret in this story and others from the near hundred in the collection but personally I enjoy them; knowing your hero is playing games with everyone from the beginning to establish proof of guilt brings a different level of pleasure from your mystery reading.
The early books in this series have been a little bit hit and miss in terms of real quality vs Simenon's famed speedy production but The Yellow Dog was reissued as part of the Penguin Red Classics series and is deserving of the accolade.
Set in a sleepy seaside town Maigret is called in to solve the seemingly random shooting of a drunken major from a letterbox of a locked up abandoned building. There's a multitude of suspects and suspicions amongst the locals and many red herrings planted in his path but naturally Maigret has everything under control.
Simenon puts together a fine mystery with a high quality of human observation and a way of setting scene that is second to none. The way he evokes the cold and fog of small town life leaves you thinking you can smell the damp in the air, even when you're on an air conditioned train in Perth, and the games he plays with your sympathies for each character makes for a fun ride.
People have criticised the passivity of Maigret in this story and others from the near hundred in the collection but personally I enjoy them; knowing your hero is playing games with everyone from the beginning to establish proof of guilt brings a different level of pleasure from your mystery reading.
June 23, 2022
Er wordt een man in de buik geschoten in een Frans dorpje. Hij kwam net uit een herberg waar hij naar gewoonte iets gaan drinken was met enkele vrienden, de notabelen uit het dorpje.
Maigret wordt er bij gehaald. Opvallend was de aanwezigheid van een gele (lichtbruine?) hond.
Niet lang daarna wordt getracht om dezelfde heren, in gezelschap van Maigret, te vergiftigen. Dit kan net op tijd vermeden worden. Er volgen nog enkele aanslagen, en telkens is de hond in de buurt. Niemand kent hem, dus men vermoedt dat hij toebehoort aan de dader.
Er begint paniek te heersen in het dorpje. Zal Maigret het raadsel kunnen oplossen? Emma, het barmeisje van de herberg, was ook steeds aanwezig. Heeft zij iets te maken met de zaak? Alle inwoners en ook de journalisten zijn hongerig naar nieuws, maar Maigret lost niets totdat de zaak voor hem duidelijk is.
Ik vond dat het boek een hele tijd maar voortkabbelde, er was ook geen enkel houvast aan wie mogelijke verdachten zouden kunnen zijn. Pas naar het einde toe, kwam het allemaal in een stroomversnelling, en dat was wel spannend om te lezen.
Het is het eerste verhaal van Maigret dat ik las, en eigenlijk vond ik dat het toch niet kan tippen aan de verhalen van Agatha Christie.
Maigret wordt er bij gehaald. Opvallend was de aanwezigheid van een gele (lichtbruine?) hond.
Niet lang daarna wordt getracht om dezelfde heren, in gezelschap van Maigret, te vergiftigen. Dit kan net op tijd vermeden worden. Er volgen nog enkele aanslagen, en telkens is de hond in de buurt. Niemand kent hem, dus men vermoedt dat hij toebehoort aan de dader.
Er begint paniek te heersen in het dorpje. Zal Maigret het raadsel kunnen oplossen? Emma, het barmeisje van de herberg, was ook steeds aanwezig. Heeft zij iets te maken met de zaak? Alle inwoners en ook de journalisten zijn hongerig naar nieuws, maar Maigret lost niets totdat de zaak voor hem duidelijk is.
Ik vond dat het boek een hele tijd maar voortkabbelde, er was ook geen enkel houvast aan wie mogelijke verdachten zouden kunnen zijn. Pas naar het einde toe, kwam het allemaal in een stroomversnelling, en dat was wel spannend om te lezen.
Het is het eerste verhaal van Maigret dat ik las, en eigenlijk vond ik dat het toch niet kan tippen aan de verhalen van Agatha Christie.
August 28, 2020
危蠀渭蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏蠈 伪位位维 维谓蔚蠀蟻慰,蠂位喂伪蟻萎 蟻慰萎 魏伪喂 蠄喂位慰-伪未喂维蠁慰蟻畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 渭蔚 渭蔚纬维位畏 魏慰喂位喂维 纬喂伪 蟿喂蟼 210 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀. 螤伪蟻蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维, 畏 蔚蟺伪蟻蠂喂蠋蟿喂魏畏 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蠂蠅蟻喂维蟿喂魏畏 伪谓蟿委位畏蠄畏 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻慰位畏蟺蟿喂魏蠋谓 谓蟿蠈蟺喂蠅谓 蟽蟿畏谓 渭喂魏蟻萎 纬伪位位喂魏萎 魏蠅渭蠈蟺慰位畏 蟽蟿喂蟼 蠈蠂胃蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟿位伪谓蟿喂魏慰蠉, 蟺蔚蟻谓喂苇蟿伪喂 苇谓蟿慰谓伪 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟿蠀蠂畏渭苇谓伪 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼. 螘蟺伪蟻魏蔚委 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 蠂伪位伪蟻萎 伪蟺慰纬蔚蠀渭伪蟿喂谓萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏 伪位位维 渭蔚 蟿慰 魏位蔚委蟽喂渭慰 蟿畏蟼 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪蟼 蟽蔚位委未伪蟼, 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿伪 伪味萎蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 尉蔚蠂谓喂苇蟿伪喂 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻伪.
螌蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 畏 螝蟻委蟽蟿喂, 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟽蟿喂维味蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺慰蟽蠈蟿畏蟿伪 纬喂伪 谓伪 胃慰位蠋蟽蔚喂 蟿伪 谓蔚蟻维 蠈蟽蠅谓 蠄维蠂谓慰蠀谓 蟺慰喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟽蟿伪 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螘蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿喂苇渭伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰谓 未喂伪尾维味蠅, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 渭蔚纬维位畏 魏蠀蟻委伪, 伪位位维 蔚魏蟿蠈蟼 伪蟺蟻慰蠈蟺蟿慰蠀 未蔚谓 谓慰渭委味蠅 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟺慰蟿苇 苇谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰 蟿伪尾维谓喂 蟺慰蠀 慰 委未喂慰锟斤拷 苇蠂蔚喂 胃苇蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 伪谓苇尾蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蠁蟻蠈魏蟻蔚渭伪 蟿慰蠀 crime fiction.
螌蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 畏 螝蟻委蟽蟿喂, 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟽蟿喂维味蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺慰蟽蠈蟿畏蟿伪 纬喂伪 谓伪 胃慰位蠋蟽蔚喂 蟿伪 谓蔚蟻维 蠈蟽蠅谓 蠄维蠂谓慰蠀谓 蟺慰喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟽蟿伪 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螘蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿喂苇渭伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰谓 未喂伪尾维味蠅, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 渭蔚纬维位畏 魏蠀蟻委伪, 伪位位维 蔚魏蟿蠈蟼 伪蟺蟻慰蠈蟺蟿慰蠀 未蔚谓 谓慰渭委味蠅 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟺慰蟿苇 苇谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰 蟿伪尾维谓喂 蟺慰蠀 慰 委未喂慰锟斤拷 苇蠂蔚喂 胃苇蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 伪谓苇尾蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蠁蟻蠈魏蟻蔚渭伪 蟿慰蠀 crime fiction.
June 4, 2022
Quel beau livre. The social order, les rangs, are upended in the Brittany port of Brest, with its haphazard old city and its walls, its gendarmerie, and police as well. The suspect throughout the novel, a huge man, un colosse, a vagrant who leaves large footprints; he does not speak, and we don't know his name till later, Leon. We know the habitu茅es of the waterfront cafe at l'hotel de l'Amiral: the Danish consul Pommeret, a journalist Goyard who writes under Jean Servi猫res, and the Doctor, Michoux. Also, the Mayor who lives in a grand villa a short drive, or long walk, away. Of course, the central character-- and Quel personnage!-- Commisaire Maigret, pipe-smoking, fairly large, but impassive.
The Lighthouse of Brest, Le Phare de Brest, also names a newspaper which announces the murder in front of the hotel. The man just went outside to light his cigar. Mostaguen. When Maigret arrives next day, he finds a bottle of Pernod with white grains floating in it, strichnine.
The Mayor urges an immediate arrest, so that business and life can get back to normal * after the terrifying article in the local paper. The Doctor worries, and after the bloody disappearance of the journalist, he becomes terrified. We learn much later that he has debilitating illness, his favorite phrase, "I have only three months to live."
Turns out, the article in the paper someone anonymous had submitted, written left-handed to obscure the writer's cartographic identity. Soon other reporters arrive, including one from Petit Parisien.
Maigret obliges the Mayor, and arrests...the Doctor, for his own safety. The Commisaire Maigret calls the suspect, "mon ours." His younger inspector Laroy asks, "What horse?" (99)
The Mayor invites Maigret to his splendid villa at Blanche Sables to question why he has made no arrrest. The Commisaire can speak eloquently with a tamping of his pipe, or a shrug of his shoulders. Now, when questioned, he spells out exact details of everyone at the Amiral cafe, and even--the yellow dog, who shows up at the first murder, and then at successive crimes, until he is himself shot, though removed by an unknown person (turns out , his owner).
The "horse" worked his boat transporting onions to England, but then was told so much more money could be made (during Prohibition) by carrying alcohol to the U.S. Even officials were doing it. His voyage is ill-starred, though he does find the small port S of N.Y.C., surrounded by three armed coast guard packets. He's sentenced to years in Sing-Sing, which explains his tatoo, S S. A genial American revenuer helps him get out, where he works on the docks, saves money to return to Fance. He had undertaken the rum-running to gain money to marry Emma, who is left to fend for herself as "la fille de halle," waitress and chambermaid, I guess.
My French is middling, so I often enjoy phrases that may be either Simenon's style, or normal phrasing, like "toit de toile," roof of canvas, or the sound of a fountain, "un adorable glouglou." French onomatopoeia differs from English, here I'd guess "gurgle." Curious how every language hears the same sounds differently: the screen of language filters the sound.
* The Mayor would be a Trumpy in 2020 U.S., supporting opening buisness in the midst of Covid 19.
Read in the Fayard pocket edition, 1974.
The Lighthouse of Brest, Le Phare de Brest, also names a newspaper which announces the murder in front of the hotel. The man just went outside to light his cigar. Mostaguen. When Maigret arrives next day, he finds a bottle of Pernod with white grains floating in it, strichnine.
The Mayor urges an immediate arrest, so that business and life can get back to normal * after the terrifying article in the local paper. The Doctor worries, and after the bloody disappearance of the journalist, he becomes terrified. We learn much later that he has debilitating illness, his favorite phrase, "I have only three months to live."
Turns out, the article in the paper someone anonymous had submitted, written left-handed to obscure the writer's cartographic identity. Soon other reporters arrive, including one from Petit Parisien.
Maigret obliges the Mayor, and arrests...the Doctor, for his own safety. The Commisaire Maigret calls the suspect, "mon ours." His younger inspector Laroy asks, "What horse?" (99)
The Mayor invites Maigret to his splendid villa at Blanche Sables to question why he has made no arrrest. The Commisaire can speak eloquently with a tamping of his pipe, or a shrug of his shoulders. Now, when questioned, he spells out exact details of everyone at the Amiral cafe, and even--the yellow dog, who shows up at the first murder, and then at successive crimes, until he is himself shot, though removed by an unknown person (turns out , his owner).
The "horse" worked his boat transporting onions to England, but then was told so much more money could be made (during Prohibition) by carrying alcohol to the U.S. Even officials were doing it. His voyage is ill-starred, though he does find the small port S of N.Y.C., surrounded by three armed coast guard packets. He's sentenced to years in Sing-Sing, which explains his tatoo, S S. A genial American revenuer helps him get out, where he works on the docks, saves money to return to Fance. He had undertaken the rum-running to gain money to marry Emma, who is left to fend for herself as "la fille de halle," waitress and chambermaid, I guess.
My French is middling, so I often enjoy phrases that may be either Simenon's style, or normal phrasing, like "toit de toile," roof of canvas, or the sound of a fountain, "un adorable glouglou." French onomatopoeia differs from English, here I'd guess "gurgle." Curious how every language hears the same sounds differently: the screen of language filters the sound.
* The Mayor would be a Trumpy in 2020 U.S., supporting opening buisness in the midst of Covid 19.
Read in the Fayard pocket edition, 1974.
September 23, 2018
La paura regna a Concarneau
Concarneau, Bretagna, la sera di venerdi 7 Novembre. La cittadina e il suo porto sono spazzate da un forte vento di sud-ovest. L鈥檕rologio della citt脿 vecchia segna le undici meno cinque, quando uno sparo echeggia e un uomo, appena uscito dall鈥橦otel de l鈥橝miral, stramazza a terra 鈥�
Il giorno dopo, Maigret, da un mese distaccato alla Squadra Mobile di Rennes, riceve la telefonata del sindaco di Concarneau, che lo prega di recarsi sul posto per indagare sul tentato omicidio.
芦Maigret si era fermato di fronte al porto, a cinquanta metri dall鈥橦otel de l鈥橝miral. Qualche barca rientrava, ammainava la vela scura facendo il giro del molo e avanzava lentamentea remi. Il riflusso della marea scopriva, ai piedi delle mura della citt脿 vecchia, banchi di melma in cui erano come incastonate vecchie pentole e immondizie. Dietro la volta uniforme delle nuvole si indovinava il sole.禄.
Cette fois, bien s没r, ce n'est pas mon bien-aim茅 Gino Cervi, mais la magie est presque la m锚me 鈥�
Concarneau, Bretagna, la sera di venerdi 7 Novembre. La cittadina e il suo porto sono spazzate da un forte vento di sud-ovest. L鈥檕rologio della citt脿 vecchia segna le undici meno cinque, quando uno sparo echeggia e un uomo, appena uscito dall鈥橦otel de l鈥橝miral, stramazza a terra 鈥�
Il giorno dopo, Maigret, da un mese distaccato alla Squadra Mobile di Rennes, riceve la telefonata del sindaco di Concarneau, che lo prega di recarsi sul posto per indagare sul tentato omicidio.
芦Maigret si era fermato di fronte al porto, a cinquanta metri dall鈥橦otel de l鈥橝miral. Qualche barca rientrava, ammainava la vela scura facendo il giro del molo e avanzava lentamentea remi. Il riflusso della marea scopriva, ai piedi delle mura della citt脿 vecchia, banchi di melma in cui erano come incastonate vecchie pentole e immondizie. Dietro la volta uniforme delle nuvole si indovinava il sole.禄.
Cette fois, bien s没r, ce n'est pas mon bien-aim茅 Gino Cervi, mais la magie est presque la m锚me 鈥�
April 6, 2025
The Yellow Dog is the sixth book in the Inspector Maigret series by Belgian author, Georges Simenon. It is translated by Linda Asher. Chief Inspector Jules Maigret arrives in the town of Concarneau when a local wine dealer (M.Mostaguen) is seriously wounded by a gunshot to the stomach as he stops in a doorway to light his cigar on his way home from drinks with friends at the Admiral Hotel. It鈥檚 young local Inspector Leroy鈥檚 first case, so he鈥檚 an eager student of the famous Paris detective.
Maigret questions the group of friends: a non-practicing doctor (Ernest Michoux), a man of independent means (Yves Le Pommeret), and the editor of the Brest Beacon (Jean Servieres), as well as the waitress (Emma) at the Hotel caf茅, checks the scene of the shooting, and concludes that the shooter must have been someone very familiar with the town. It is also noted that a yellow dog was at the scene, a dog unknown in the town, a lanky bulldog-mastiff cross. It seems intent on hanging around.
Thereafter, a number of things happen in short succession. The caf茅鈥檚 bottles of Pernod, and the Calvados, both favourites with the friends, appear to have been poisoned: the pharmacist declares that the white powder is strychnine. The next morning, it is reported that Servieres didn鈥檛 come home, and his car is found with a smashed window and blood-soaked driver鈥檚 seat.
The Brest Beacon publishes, from an anonymous letter, an article revealing much more about the incidents than Maigret would have liked, causing a sort of mass hysteria in the town. Someone shoots at the dog, and Maigret has to rescue it. Michoux, paranoid for his safety, takes a room in the Admiral, and hides out there. Then Le Pommeret dies of strychnine poisoning.
It really looks like someone has it in for the group, who, from all accounts, aren鈥檛 the nicest people, and the Mayor demands that Maigret arrest someone. Indications that a man larger than any known in the town is about, and a search eventually turns up someone living rough who easily escapes his captors. Maigret makes an arrest, but Leroy, the bunch of reporters who have turned up from Paris, and probably the reader, are all at a loss to interpret his actions until the inevitable denouement. Classic Simenon.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.
Maigret questions the group of friends: a non-practicing doctor (Ernest Michoux), a man of independent means (Yves Le Pommeret), and the editor of the Brest Beacon (Jean Servieres), as well as the waitress (Emma) at the Hotel caf茅, checks the scene of the shooting, and concludes that the shooter must have been someone very familiar with the town. It is also noted that a yellow dog was at the scene, a dog unknown in the town, a lanky bulldog-mastiff cross. It seems intent on hanging around.
Thereafter, a number of things happen in short succession. The caf茅鈥檚 bottles of Pernod, and the Calvados, both favourites with the friends, appear to have been poisoned: the pharmacist declares that the white powder is strychnine. The next morning, it is reported that Servieres didn鈥檛 come home, and his car is found with a smashed window and blood-soaked driver鈥檚 seat.
The Brest Beacon publishes, from an anonymous letter, an article revealing much more about the incidents than Maigret would have liked, causing a sort of mass hysteria in the town. Someone shoots at the dog, and Maigret has to rescue it. Michoux, paranoid for his safety, takes a room in the Admiral, and hides out there. Then Le Pommeret dies of strychnine poisoning.
It really looks like someone has it in for the group, who, from all accounts, aren鈥檛 the nicest people, and the Mayor demands that Maigret arrest someone. Indications that a man larger than any known in the town is about, and a search eventually turns up someone living rough who easily escapes his captors. Maigret makes an arrest, but Leroy, the bunch of reporters who have turned up from Paris, and probably the reader, are all at a loss to interpret his actions until the inevitable denouement. Classic Simenon.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.
May 23, 2025
I love how Georges Simenon manages to capture my interest as soon as I begin reading. He places me at the scene with his wonderful descriptions of the various locations.
Simenon's descriptions of people are wonderful also. Consider his description of two local policemen:
"One of the policemen was young, still beardless. His face radiated eager innocence. The other had a large mahogany-coloured moustache, and his heavy eyebrows gave him an almost ferocious look."
It was truly interesting to see how the attitude of the people and the temperature of the town changed as the investigation progressed. People were afraid and their fear was further stirred up by the way the news was reported in the local newspaper, especially with headlines such as, "WHOSE TURN NEXT?" By four o'clock in the afternoon the streets, normally bustling at this time, "were deserted and deathly silent."
"Wisps of discomfiture hung in the air like the wisps of tobacco coiling about the lamps."
The mayor wonders, "what the mood will be in town tomorrow."
Eventually, the truth of this complicated tale is revealed and the ending is quite satisfying. Throughout, Maigret shows compassion and understanding. He is somewhat aloof, but he makes up for it in the end.
Further wonderful descriptions:
"The sky looked freshly laundered. It was blue, a rather pale but vibrant blue, glistening with light clouds. It made the horizon bigger, as if the celestial bowl were hollowed out."
"The sea sparkled, utterly flat and studded with tiny sails that looked like flags pinned to a military map."
Simenon's descriptions of people are wonderful also. Consider his description of two local policemen:
"One of the policemen was young, still beardless. His face radiated eager innocence. The other had a large mahogany-coloured moustache, and his heavy eyebrows gave him an almost ferocious look."
It was truly interesting to see how the attitude of the people and the temperature of the town changed as the investigation progressed. People were afraid and their fear was further stirred up by the way the news was reported in the local newspaper, especially with headlines such as, "WHOSE TURN NEXT?" By four o'clock in the afternoon the streets, normally bustling at this time, "were deserted and deathly silent."
"Wisps of discomfiture hung in the air like the wisps of tobacco coiling about the lamps."
The mayor wonders, "what the mood will be in town tomorrow."
Eventually, the truth of this complicated tale is revealed and the ending is quite satisfying. Throughout, Maigret shows compassion and understanding. He is somewhat aloof, but he makes up for it in the end.
Further wonderful descriptions:
"The sky looked freshly laundered. It was blue, a rather pale but vibrant blue, glistening with light clouds. It made the horizon bigger, as if the celestial bowl were hollowed out."
"The sea sparkled, utterly flat and studded with tiny sails that looked like flags pinned to a military map."
March 26, 2025
In the windswept town of Concarneau, a real place in the Finist猫re department of Brittany in Northwestern France, a local wine merchant is shot in the stomach when sheltering in a doorway to light a cigar. Who did it?
Then another influential man is poisoned and yet another's car is found abandoned with bloodstains in it. What's going on?
While the townsfolk are panicking and a yellow dog and a customs official are both shot, Maigret is evaluating everything and everybody in his offhand way. He even tells his associate, Leroy, not to copy his methods.
Maigret's hunch that a sickly waitress at The Admiral Hotel is somehow implicated in what's going on is proved correct, though she's not responsible for any of the deaths or attempted murders.
As usual, this is an intriguing story and an absolute pleasure to read.
Then another influential man is poisoned and yet another's car is found abandoned with bloodstains in it. What's going on?
While the townsfolk are panicking and a yellow dog and a customs official are both shot, Maigret is evaluating everything and everybody in his offhand way. He even tells his associate, Leroy, not to copy his methods.
Maigret's hunch that a sickly waitress at The Admiral Hotel is somehow implicated in what's going on is proved correct, though she's not responsible for any of the deaths or attempted murders.
As usual, this is an intriguing story and an absolute pleasure to read.
June 25, 2019
I really like these Penguin editions of Simenon's mysteries. That's just form, not substance, I understand, but some editions make the reading experience more pleasurable. I don't know why.
This mystery is one of Simenon's earlier works. It was published in 1931. It's good to put that in context so you understand, when they talk about The War, they are talking about WWI.
A man leaves a cafe. It is very windy and he cannot light his cigar. He steps into the entrance by the door of an empty house, bends his head over and concentrates on lighting. Then he keels over.
A security guard has been watching him and smiles at the man's drunken gestures, but when the man does not move, he becomes concerned. It turns out the man has been shot.
How and why did this man get shot? This mystery takes place in a small fishing town away from Paris so our Inspector Maigret works with the local police and also his subordinate Leroy. Actually they all work with Maigret. He does not compromise, he ignores the insistent press demanding information and calmly traces the man's connections and finds a network of friends, all who are extremely scared about the attempt on their friend's life.
Did one of them do it? Did someone else? And what about this huge yellow dog that is hanging around? Who does he belong to? Why is the dog and his owner in the town and do they have anything to do with the crime?
And are more crimes going to be committed? Read the book.
This mystery is one of Simenon's earlier works. It was published in 1931. It's good to put that in context so you understand, when they talk about The War, they are talking about WWI.
A man leaves a cafe. It is very windy and he cannot light his cigar. He steps into the entrance by the door of an empty house, bends his head over and concentrates on lighting. Then he keels over.
A security guard has been watching him and smiles at the man's drunken gestures, but when the man does not move, he becomes concerned. It turns out the man has been shot.
How and why did this man get shot? This mystery takes place in a small fishing town away from Paris so our Inspector Maigret works with the local police and also his subordinate Leroy. Actually they all work with Maigret. He does not compromise, he ignores the insistent press demanding information and calmly traces the man's connections and finds a network of friends, all who are extremely scared about the attempt on their friend's life.
Did one of them do it? Did someone else? And what about this huge yellow dog that is hanging around? Who does he belong to? Why is the dog and his owner in the town and do they have anything to do with the crime?
And are more crimes going to be committed? Read the book.
October 1, 2015
"Era impossibile indovinare i sentimenti di Maigret, tutto intento a caricare la la pipa con le dita tozze. La sua borsa da tabacco era lisa. Il suo sguardo vagava, attraverso una vetrata, sull'ampio orizzonte del mare".
Basterebbero queste semplici parole che sono la summa di ci貌 che 猫 Maigret e di cosa rappresenta nel panorama del giallo, non solo francese.
I romanzi di Simenon dedicati al commissario Maigret si caratterizzano per uno stile semplice, breve, ma essenziale. Poche frasi che puntano diritto all'obiettivo, a quello che si vuole raggiungere e dire.
La figura di Maigret si i staglia diventando il protagonista di un giallo con segreti e misteri da svelare. Su questo mondo, si erge la figura di un uomo arguto che fin dall'inizio ci fa entrare in punta di piedi nel mondo di Maigret.
"Il cane giallo" rientra in una indagine che si svolge in Francia, nella zona di mare del Concarneau, in cui le vicende delle persone comuni (la cameriera Emma, su tutte), sono la parte migliore di una storia in cui il genio di Maigret 猫 pi霉 vivo che mai e il paese 猫 in continua trasformazione, proprio come i suoi abitanti.
Basterebbero queste semplici parole che sono la summa di ci貌 che 猫 Maigret e di cosa rappresenta nel panorama del giallo, non solo francese.
I romanzi di Simenon dedicati al commissario Maigret si caratterizzano per uno stile semplice, breve, ma essenziale. Poche frasi che puntano diritto all'obiettivo, a quello che si vuole raggiungere e dire.
La figura di Maigret si i staglia diventando il protagonista di un giallo con segreti e misteri da svelare. Su questo mondo, si erge la figura di un uomo arguto che fin dall'inizio ci fa entrare in punta di piedi nel mondo di Maigret.
"Il cane giallo" rientra in una indagine che si svolge in Francia, nella zona di mare del Concarneau, in cui le vicende delle persone comuni (la cameriera Emma, su tutte), sono la parte migliore di una storia in cui il genio di Maigret 猫 pi霉 vivo che mai e il paese 猫 in continua trasformazione, proprio come i suoi abitanti.
October 19, 2022
Dopo aver bevuto il bicchiere della staffa con gli amici, un uomo esce dal locale, si accosta a una porta per ripararsi dal vento e accendersi una sigaretta e riceve un colpo di pistola. Maigret si reca sul posto (un piccolo paesino bretone) e contemporaneamente compare in paese uno strano cane giallo.
Nei giorni successivi avvengono altri misteriosi delitti, fino a che Maigret non riesce a tirare le fila di tutto e a scoprire la sconcertante verit脿.
Cupo, claustrofobico, prende alla gola e rivela tutta la piccineria di certi esseri umani.
Come sempre, magistrale la lettura di Battiston.
Nei giorni successivi avvengono altri misteriosi delitti, fino a che Maigret non riesce a tirare le fila di tutto e a scoprire la sconcertante verit脿.
Cupo, claustrofobico, prende alla gola e rivela tutta la piccineria di certi esseri umani.
Come sempre, magistrale la lettura di Battiston.
July 2, 2021
What could be better than a middle-aged inspector who is grumpy, rough around the edges, a little overweight, smokes a pipe, and spends more time in bars than in the office? For years I have enjoyed reading the Inspector Maigret novels of the Belgian/French writer Georges Simenon, who died in 1989. He wrote seventy-five Maigret novels and twenty-eight Maigret short stories. The Yellow Dog was published in 1931 and adapted for the screen the next year, the first of many screen adaptations of Simenon鈥檚 work.
The Maigret novels tend to be short鈥�120 to 200 pages. But Simenon鈥檚 straightforward realism, almost minimalism, packs a lot into a little space. One of the advantages of reading the novels is that they are relatively quick reads that deliver engaging plot, characters, and dialogue. Simenon鈥檚 other novels include the highly praised existential romans dur, again relatively short works that read very much like Camus鈥檚 The Stranger. Dark, sultry, and mesmerizing, the romans dur are literary jewels.
The Yellow Dog, though one of the early Maigret novels, is I think one of the best examples of the series. Maigret is gruff and commands great respect and even fear from those who work with him, but he is thoughtful and sensitive to the lives of those he deals with, both victims and the perpetrators. The writing style in this novel is representative of Simenon. It opens with,
鈥淔riday, 7 November. Concarneau is empty. The lighted clock in the old Town glows above the ramparts; it is five minutes to eleven.
The tide is in, and a south-westerly gale is slamming the boats together in the harbour. The wind surges through the streets. Here and there a scrap of paper scuttles swiftly along the ground.鈥�
The yellow dog, seen only a few times in the novel, of course has an important role in solving the case.
Maigret doesn鈥檛 always win, but he is a bulldog when he gets the scent. A grumpy, loveable, consmmate detective.
The Maigret novels tend to be short鈥�120 to 200 pages. But Simenon鈥檚 straightforward realism, almost minimalism, packs a lot into a little space. One of the advantages of reading the novels is that they are relatively quick reads that deliver engaging plot, characters, and dialogue. Simenon鈥檚 other novels include the highly praised existential romans dur, again relatively short works that read very much like Camus鈥檚 The Stranger. Dark, sultry, and mesmerizing, the romans dur are literary jewels.
The Yellow Dog, though one of the early Maigret novels, is I think one of the best examples of the series. Maigret is gruff and commands great respect and even fear from those who work with him, but he is thoughtful and sensitive to the lives of those he deals with, both victims and the perpetrators. The writing style in this novel is representative of Simenon. It opens with,
鈥淔riday, 7 November. Concarneau is empty. The lighted clock in the old Town glows above the ramparts; it is five minutes to eleven.
The tide is in, and a south-westerly gale is slamming the boats together in the harbour. The wind surges through the streets. Here and there a scrap of paper scuttles swiftly along the ground.鈥�
The yellow dog, seen only a few times in the novel, of course has an important role in solving the case.
Maigret doesn鈥檛 always win, but he is a bulldog when he gets the scent. A grumpy, loveable, consmmate detective.
August 29, 2019
袧邪锌褗谢薪芯 斜褟褏 蟹邪斜褉邪胁懈谢 蟹邪 小懈屑械薪芯薪 懈 薪械谐芯胁懈褟褌 泻芯屑懈褋邪褉 袦械谐褉械, 褔械褌械薪懈 芯褖械 胁 锌褉芯谐懈屑薪邪蟹懈褟褌邪. 袚芯谢褟屑邪 谐褉械褕泻邪. 袣邪褌芯 谐谢械写邪屑 泻芯谢泻芯 屑懈 写芯锌邪写薪邪褏邪 褋械谐邪, 薪邪 写褗褉褌懈 谐芯写懈薪懈, 懈 褋褌懈谢褗褌 薪邪 锌懈褋邪薪械, 懈 褏邪褉邪泻褌械褉褗褌 薪邪 泻芯屑懈褋邪褉褟, 懈 屑械褌芯写懈褌械 屑褍 蟹邪 褉邪蟹泻褉懈胁邪薪械 薪邪 锌褉械褋褌褗锌谢械薪懈褟褌邪, 褖械 褋械 褔械褌械 薪邪褉械写.
袦械谐褉械 械 褍胁械褉械薪, 褋锌芯泻芯械薪, 薪褟屑邪 谐懈 薪邪写褍胁泻懈褌械 薪邪 袩芯邪褉芯 懈 啸芯谢屑褋, 薪褟屑邪 谐芯 写褉邪蟹薪械褖芯褌芯 芯褌 屑懈褋 袦邪褉锌褗谢 懈 袧懈褉芯 校谢褎, 薪褟屑邪 褟 写芯褉懈 薪邪褏邪泻邪薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 袗褉褔懈 袚褍写褍懈薪谐 懈 谐械褉芯懈褌械 薪邪 效邪薪写谢褗褉. 效芯胁械泻褗褌 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋懈 胁褗褉褕懈 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌邪, 泻邪褌芯 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 褋懈 锌芯蟹胁芯谢褟胁邪 写邪 褉邪蟹锌褗薪械 褋械褉懈芯蟹薪芯 褉邪屑泻邪褌邪 薪邪 蟹邪泻芯薪邪. 袠 薪邪泄-胁械卸薪芯褌芯 鈥� 褉邪斜芯褌懈 褋 褏芯褉邪 - 褏邪褉邪泻褌械褉懈 懈 胁谢械褔械薪懈褟, 薪械 褋 褎邪泻褌懈, 写械写褍泻褑懈褟 懈 褍谢懈泻懈 (薪械 褔械 谐懈 薪褟屑邪, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 屑械褌芯写懈褌械 薪邪 袦械谐褉械 褋邪 写芯褋褌邪 锌芯-褋懈屑锌邪褌懈褔薪芯-屑邪薪懈锌褍谢邪褌懈胁薪懈).
小邪屑邪褌邪 肖褉邪薪褑懈褟, 胁 褌懈锌懈褔薪懈褟 蟹邪 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪褌邪 褋懈 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪 褋褌懈谢, 械 屑褉邪褔薪邪 懈 屑褉褗褋薪邪, 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 褍褋锌褟胁邪 写邪 锌芯泻邪卸械 薪邪泄-谢芯褕芯褌芯 (邪屑邪 褔邪褌-锌邪褌 懈 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉芯褌芯) 芯褌 褏芯褉邪褌邪. 袦芯卸械 写邪 褋械 泻邪卸械, 褔械 褌械蟹懈 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈褟 薪邪 小懈屑械薪芯薪 胁谢懈蟹邪写 胁 褏邪褉写斜芯泄谢械写 锌芯写卸邪薪褉邪, 锌芯褔褌懈. 袗 锌械泄蟹邪卸薪懈褌械 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟, 褋褌褉邪褕薪芯 薪械褌懈锌懈褔薪芯 蟹邪 械锌芯褏邪褌邪, 褋邪 锌芯蟹懈褑懈芯薪懈褉邪薪懈 褋 锌芯 写胁械-褌褉懈 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈褟 懈 褋褗褖芯 褋邪 褉邪蟹泻芯褕薪懈.
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋褗写褗褉卸邪 写胁械 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈 (褏褉芯薪芯谢芯谐懈褔薪芯 褋邪 褌褉械褌邪褌邪 懈 写械胁械褌薪邪写械褋械褌邪褌邪 蟹邪 袦械谐褉械).
袞褗谢褌芯褌芯 泻褍褔械 鈥� 胁 械写薪芯 屑邪谢泻芯 谐褉邪写褔械, 泻芯械褌芯 械 褋褌邪薪邪谢芯 斜邪褋褌懈芯薪 蟹邪 谐褉褍锌邪 蟹邪锌邪写邪褖懈 邪褉懈褋褌芯泻褉邪褌懈, 薪褟泻芯泄 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪 写邪 褋械 芯锌懈褌胁邪 写邪 谐懈 蟹邪褌褉懈械. 袙褋懈褔泻芯 褋械 胁褗褉蟹胁邪 褋 械写懈薪 褋泻懈褌邪褖 卸褗谢褌 锌芯屑懈邪褉 懈 械写薪懈 芯褋褌邪胁械薪懈 芯褌 谐懈谐邪薪褌褋泻懈 泻褉邪泻邪 褋谢械写懈. 袣屑械褌褗褌 懈 卸褍褉薪邪谢懈褋褌懈 芯褌 褑褟谢邪 肖褉邪薪褑懈褟 薪邪褌懈褋泻邪褌 薪邪褕懈褟 泻芯屑懈褋邪褉 写邪 薪邪屑械褉懈 胁懈薪芯胁械薪, 薪芯 褌芯泄 械 薪邪 褟褋薪芯, 褔械 胁 褌邪蟹懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 薪械 械 薪褟泻邪泻胁懈 褋谢褍褔邪泄薪懈 锌褉械褋褌褗锌谢械薪懈褟 薪邪 褋泻懈褌薪懈泻 懈谢懈 谢褍写.
袦械谐褉械 鈥� 袣芯屑懈褋邪褉褟褌 胁械褔械 械 褖邪褋褌谢懈胁芯 锌械薪褋懈芯薪懈褉邪薪, 薪芯 械写懈薪 写械薪 锌谢械屑械薪懈泻褗褌 屑褍 肖懈谢懈锌 谐芯 懈蟹屑褗泻胁邪 蟹邪 褍褕懈褌械 芯褌 锌邪褋褌芯褉邪谢薪邪褌邪 懈写懈谢懈褟 懈 谐芯 胁泻邪褉胁邪 芯斜褉邪褌薪芯 薪邪褋褉械写 锌褉械褋褌褗锌薪懈褟 褋胁褟褌 薪邪 袩邪褉懈卸. 袦械谐褉械 褖械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋胁芯懈 泻谢邪褋懈褔械褋泻懈 薪芯屑械褉邪, 蟹邪 写邪 芯褌褗褉胁械 蟹邪写薪懈泻邪 薪邪 屑谢邪写懈褟 肖懈谢懈锌 芯褌 锌邪薪写械谢邪褌邪 懈 写邪 胁泻邪褉邪 褌邪屑 械写懈薪 胁谢懈褟褌械谢械薪 锌褉械褋褌褗锌械薪 斜芯褋.
袩褉芯写褗谢卸邪胁邪屑械 薪邪褌邪褌褗泻.
袦械谐褉械 械 褍胁械褉械薪, 褋锌芯泻芯械薪, 薪褟屑邪 谐懈 薪邪写褍胁泻懈褌械 薪邪 袩芯邪褉芯 懈 啸芯谢屑褋, 薪褟屑邪 谐芯 写褉邪蟹薪械褖芯褌芯 芯褌 屑懈褋 袦邪褉锌褗谢 懈 袧懈褉芯 校谢褎, 薪褟屑邪 褟 写芯褉懈 薪邪褏邪泻邪薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 袗褉褔懈 袚褍写褍懈薪谐 懈 谐械褉芯懈褌械 薪邪 效邪薪写谢褗褉. 效芯胁械泻褗褌 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋懈 胁褗褉褕懈 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌邪, 泻邪褌芯 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 褋懈 锌芯蟹胁芯谢褟胁邪 写邪 褉邪蟹锌褗薪械 褋械褉懈芯蟹薪芯 褉邪屑泻邪褌邪 薪邪 蟹邪泻芯薪邪. 袠 薪邪泄-胁械卸薪芯褌芯 鈥� 褉邪斜芯褌懈 褋 褏芯褉邪 - 褏邪褉邪泻褌械褉懈 懈 胁谢械褔械薪懈褟, 薪械 褋 褎邪泻褌懈, 写械写褍泻褑懈褟 懈 褍谢懈泻懈 (薪械 褔械 谐懈 薪褟屑邪, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 屑械褌芯写懈褌械 薪邪 袦械谐褉械 褋邪 写芯褋褌邪 锌芯-褋懈屑锌邪褌懈褔薪芯-屑邪薪懈锌褍谢邪褌懈胁薪懈).
小邪屑邪褌邪 肖褉邪薪褑懈褟, 胁 褌懈锌懈褔薪懈褟 蟹邪 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪褌邪 褋懈 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪 褋褌懈谢, 械 屑褉邪褔薪邪 懈 屑褉褗褋薪邪, 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 褍褋锌褟胁邪 写邪 锌芯泻邪卸械 薪邪泄-谢芯褕芯褌芯 (邪屑邪 褔邪褌-锌邪褌 懈 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉芯褌芯) 芯褌 褏芯褉邪褌邪. 袦芯卸械 写邪 褋械 泻邪卸械, 褔械 褌械蟹懈 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈褟 薪邪 小懈屑械薪芯薪 胁谢懈蟹邪写 胁 褏邪褉写斜芯泄谢械写 锌芯写卸邪薪褉邪, 锌芯褔褌懈. 袗 锌械泄蟹邪卸薪懈褌械 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟, 褋褌褉邪褕薪芯 薪械褌懈锌懈褔薪芯 蟹邪 械锌芯褏邪褌邪, 褋邪 锌芯蟹懈褑懈芯薪懈褉邪薪懈 褋 锌芯 写胁械-褌褉懈 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈褟 懈 褋褗褖芯 褋邪 褉邪蟹泻芯褕薪懈.
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋褗写褗褉卸邪 写胁械 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈 (褏褉芯薪芯谢芯谐懈褔薪芯 褋邪 褌褉械褌邪褌邪 懈 写械胁械褌薪邪写械褋械褌邪褌邪 蟹邪 袦械谐褉械).
袞褗谢褌芯褌芯 泻褍褔械 鈥� 胁 械写薪芯 屑邪谢泻芯 谐褉邪写褔械, 泻芯械褌芯 械 褋褌邪薪邪谢芯 斜邪褋褌懈芯薪 蟹邪 谐褉褍锌邪 蟹邪锌邪写邪褖懈 邪褉懈褋褌芯泻褉邪褌懈, 薪褟泻芯泄 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪 写邪 褋械 芯锌懈褌胁邪 写邪 谐懈 蟹邪褌褉懈械. 袙褋懈褔泻芯 褋械 胁褗褉蟹胁邪 褋 械写懈薪 褋泻懈褌邪褖 卸褗谢褌 锌芯屑懈邪褉 懈 械写薪懈 芯褋褌邪胁械薪懈 芯褌 谐懈谐邪薪褌褋泻懈 泻褉邪泻邪 褋谢械写懈. 袣屑械褌褗褌 懈 卸褍褉薪邪谢懈褋褌懈 芯褌 褑褟谢邪 肖褉邪薪褑懈褟 薪邪褌懈褋泻邪褌 薪邪褕懈褟 泻芯屑懈褋邪褉 写邪 薪邪屑械褉懈 胁懈薪芯胁械薪, 薪芯 褌芯泄 械 薪邪 褟褋薪芯, 褔械 胁 褌邪蟹懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 薪械 械 薪褟泻邪泻胁懈 褋谢褍褔邪泄薪懈 锌褉械褋褌褗锌谢械薪懈褟 薪邪 褋泻懈褌薪懈泻 懈谢懈 谢褍写.
袦械谐褉械 鈥� 袣芯屑懈褋邪褉褟褌 胁械褔械 械 褖邪褋褌谢懈胁芯 锌械薪褋懈芯薪懈褉邪薪, 薪芯 械写懈薪 写械薪 锌谢械屑械薪懈泻褗褌 屑褍 肖懈谢懈锌 谐芯 懈蟹屑褗泻胁邪 蟹邪 褍褕懈褌械 芯褌 锌邪褋褌芯褉邪谢薪邪褌邪 懈写懈谢懈褟 懈 谐芯 胁泻邪褉胁邪 芯斜褉邪褌薪芯 薪邪褋褉械写 锌褉械褋褌褗锌薪懈褟 褋胁褟褌 薪邪 袩邪褉懈卸. 袦械谐褉械 褖械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋胁芯懈 泻谢邪褋懈褔械褋泻懈 薪芯屑械褉邪, 蟹邪 写邪 芯褌褗褉胁械 蟹邪写薪懈泻邪 薪邪 屑谢邪写懈褟 肖懈谢懈锌 芯褌 锌邪薪写械谢邪褌邪 懈 写邪 胁泻邪褉邪 褌邪屑 械写懈薪 胁谢懈褟褌械谢械薪 锌褉械褋褌褗锌械薪 斜芯褋.
袩褉芯写褗谢卸邪胁邪屑械 薪邪褌邪褌褗泻.
October 19, 2022
In uno scenario prevalentemente notturno e piovoso, in cui si susseguono agguati, tentati omicidi, avvelenamenti e il clima di sospetto si stringe attorno ai notabili di paese, l'apparizione di un enorme cane giallo che vaga per i luoghi dei delitti 猫 proprio una trovata d'ingegno sopraffina.
November 7, 2018
Well that was fun, and the ending completely unexpected.
as I keep saying, more on this book shortly.
as I keep saying, more on this book shortly.
January 15, 2019
Very enjoyable, I am loving these books so far. I think this one is my second favourite of the ones I have read up to now.
January 10, 2022
Maigret in a Paranoid Town
Review of the Penguin Classics paperback (2014) of a new translation by from the French language original (1931)
The title card for the French language TV adaptation of "The Yellow Dog." Image sourced from .
I've now read several of the early Maigret novellas in the past few weeks and they continue to impress with how different they are not only from each other but also from other "Golden Age of Crime" novels of that interwar era. What is even more impressive is that the first dozen were all published in 1931 as if he wrote one every month. Perhaps it is not that surprising from an author who wrote over 500 books in his lifetime, but it still an eyeopener.
In The Yellow Dog, the usually Parisian-based Detective Chief Inspector Maigret is called into service at a seaside town when he is working administration in a nearby area. The case starts off with what appears to be a random shooting, but then continues to target various prominent citizens in the town with an attempted poisoning, an attack & a disappearance and a murder. In each case, a vagrant yellow dog is spotted in the vicinity. Then a heavy-set stranger becomes the object of everyone's suspicion and the town is on edge while waiting for the next assault. Maigret appears to take a very lackadaisical attitude at times with both the town authorities and the press, but he unravels the mystery nevertheless.
In order to confuse the completists, this is Maigret #5 in the Penguin Classics series of new translations (2013-2019) of the Inspector Maigret novels and short stories, but it is considered #6 according to the previous standard Maigret Series Listopia as listed on 欧宝娱乐.
Trivia and Links
The Yellow Dog, under its original French title Le Chien jaune, was adapted twice for French television in 1968 & 1988, as part of the TV series (The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret) (1967-1990) with Jean Richard as Inspector Maigret.
There is an article about the Penguin Classics re-translations of the Inspector Maigret novels at by Paddy Kehoe, RTE, August 17, 2019.
Review of the Penguin Classics paperback (2014) of a new translation by from the French language original (1931)
Three days, three incidents! Little wonder that Concarneau is in the grip of terror, as anxious citizens wonder who the next victim will be.
The public is particularly disturbed by the mysterious presence of a yellow dog, which no one knows, which seems to have no master and which reappears with each new misfortune. - a newspaper report summarizing early events in The Yellow Dog
The title card for the French language TV adaptation of "The Yellow Dog." Image sourced from .
I've now read several of the early Maigret novellas in the past few weeks and they continue to impress with how different they are not only from each other but also from other "Golden Age of Crime" novels of that interwar era. What is even more impressive is that the first dozen were all published in 1931 as if he wrote one every month. Perhaps it is not that surprising from an author who wrote over 500 books in his lifetime, but it still an eyeopener.
In The Yellow Dog, the usually Parisian-based Detective Chief Inspector Maigret is called into service at a seaside town when he is working administration in a nearby area. The case starts off with what appears to be a random shooting, but then continues to target various prominent citizens in the town with an attempted poisoning, an attack & a disappearance and a murder. In each case, a vagrant yellow dog is spotted in the vicinity. Then a heavy-set stranger becomes the object of everyone's suspicion and the town is on edge while waiting for the next assault. Maigret appears to take a very lackadaisical attitude at times with both the town authorities and the press, but he unravels the mystery nevertheless.
In order to confuse the completists, this is Maigret #5 in the Penguin Classics series of new translations (2013-2019) of the Inspector Maigret novels and short stories, but it is considered #6 according to the previous standard Maigret Series Listopia as listed on 欧宝娱乐.
Trivia and Links
The Yellow Dog, under its original French title Le Chien jaune, was adapted twice for French television in 1968 & 1988, as part of the TV series (The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret) (1967-1990) with Jean Richard as Inspector Maigret.
There is an article about the Penguin Classics re-translations of the Inspector Maigret novels at by Paddy Kehoe, RTE, August 17, 2019.
January 12, 2024
Tra i primi Maigret, sempre affascinanti le ambientazioni, i luoghi e volti della piccola provincia. L'umanit脿 di Maigret 猫 gi脿 una sua caratteristica che si esprime soprattutto nei confronti dei pi霉 deboli.
May 12, 2015
Another of the early Maigret mysteries first published in 1931, this one has Inspector Maigret investigating what seems to be an attempted murder in Concarneau, a small town on the coast of Brittany. There are several more incidents, including a poisoning. And there is a little yellow dog in the vicinity being seen at most of them. As in most small towns, everybody knows everybody else and word gets around fast, so Maigret has to deal with the alarmed public and mayor while investigating. Fast moving with a quite satisfactory ending.
November 8, 2021
Fino ad ora ho letto un trentina dei libri di Simenon con protagonista Maigret.
Mai una volta sono rimasto deluso, anzi pi霉 ne leggo, pi霉 mi piacciono e pi霉 mi appassiono ed affeziono al personaggio di Maigret.
Ogni volta 猫 come rincontrare un vecchio e buon amico che ti racconta una storia.
Mai una volta sono rimasto deluso, anzi pi霉 ne leggo, pi霉 mi piacciono e pi霉 mi appassiono ed affeziono al personaggio di Maigret.
Ogni volta 猫 come rincontrare un vecchio e buon amico che ti racconta una storia.
April 6, 2021
On a dark and very windy night, a man, more than a bit tipsy, leaves his friends to walk home. He stops in a doorway to light a cigarette and is shot in the stomach. He will live, but this crime must be investigated. Maigret is on the scene next day. Before long there is a true murder. Who will do time at Devil's Island?
Despite its being published at the time of Christie, Sayers, et al, Georges Simenon did not fit the Golden Age mold. Though Simenon was born in Belgium, his Chief Inspector Jules Maigret is no Poirot. He is equally astute but without the reader having to put up with an ego that competes with Poirot's. Christie has her place in my reading, but so to does Simenon. Simenon is more tension-filled and I never know until the very end whether or not I can relax. In this, there is more than one crime. Will there be yet another before the end that will make it obvious who is the perpetrator? Or will all soon be quiet and Maigret reveal all?
The beginning - despite a man being shot in a doorway - seemed all too routine. I thought perhaps this being one of the earlier in the series that it didn't measure up to expectations. I was just as wrong about that as I was about who and why the crimes were being committed. Still and all, it is simply too short to reach all the way into the 4-star group. It's certainly in the very top of the 3-star group.
Despite its being published at the time of Christie, Sayers, et al, Georges Simenon did not fit the Golden Age mold. Though Simenon was born in Belgium, his Chief Inspector Jules Maigret is no Poirot. He is equally astute but without the reader having to put up with an ego that competes with Poirot's. Christie has her place in my reading, but so to does Simenon. Simenon is more tension-filled and I never know until the very end whether or not I can relax. In this, there is more than one crime. Will there be yet another before the end that will make it obvious who is the perpetrator? Or will all soon be quiet and Maigret reveal all?
The beginning - despite a man being shot in a doorway - seemed all too routine. I thought perhaps this being one of the earlier in the series that it didn't measure up to expectations. I was just as wrong about that as I was about who and why the crimes were being committed. Still and all, it is simply too short to reach all the way into the 4-star group. It's certainly in the very top of the 3-star group.
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