{"product_id":"9780241303894","title":"Maigret and the Old People : Inspector Maigret #56","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Simenon, Georges, Whiteside, Shaun \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/06\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 176 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241303894,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'He had seldom been so perplexed by human  beings. Would a psychiatrist, a teacher or a novelist...have been better placed to understand characters who had suddenly materialized from another century?'Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected official who has been found shot dead in his study by his housekeeper. After interviewing everyone concerned Maigret is at a loss to the identity of the perpetrator until he comes across a series of letters from the past fifty years between the victim and a recently widowed woman. As Maigret uncovers the details behind the two's relationship he gets closer to discovering the tragic truth behind the official's demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697661083692,"sku":"9780241303894","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241303894.jpg?v=1722598125","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241303894","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}