The Carter of La Providence

Georges Simenon, David Coward

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Penguin
05 May 2014

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime; Fiction in translation

Series: Maigret

Georges Simenon's tragic tale of lost identity, in a gripping new translation by David Coward. What was the woman doing here? In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten in the evening. But how? And why? And no one had heard a thing! She had not screamed. The two carters had not woken up. Inspector Maigret is standing in the pouring rain by a canal. A well-dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been found strangled in a stable nearby. Why did her glamorous, hedonistic life come to such a brutal end here? Surely her taciturn husband Sir Walter knows - or maybe the answers lie with the crew of the barge La Providence.

By: Georges Simenon
Translated by: David Coward
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 123g
ISBN: 9780141393469
ISBN 10: 0141393467
Series: Maigret
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 05 May 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was born in Liege, Belgium. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of more than four hundred novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. David Coward is a translator from French, whose translations include works by authors such as Alexandre Dumas, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, and the Marquis de Sade.