Jack,
Re your comments below:
> I don't think of Maigret as hardboiled, but I
do
> think that Simenon's non-Maigret stories
are
> noir.
Maigret always struck me as a regular guy
(beer-drinker, country-boy in the Big City, etc.) who talked
(once allowances are made for the difficulty of tranlation)
like a regular guy. "Colloquial," therefore, may be
reasonably inferred if not absolutely proven beyond a
reasonable doubt. Maybe any members who've read the books in
French can confirm this.
As for tough, he was ballsy enough to shoot it out with a
pair of American Mafia hit men in INSPECTOR MAIGRET AND THE
KILLERS (aka MAIGRET AND THE GANGSTERS), and in a wonderful
Andy Sipowicz-like moment in one of the short stories, he
knocks out a pornographer's tooth during an interrogation. I
think he qualified for "tough" beyond question.
Anyway, wasn't he one of this group's "Top 111?" I know he
was nominated.
I agree that Simenon probably rates his own month.
JIM DOHERTY
P.S. Mom got out of the hospital Sunday. Until she's a
hundred percent, she'll be staying at a friend's house just
in case emergency care becomes necessary, since she and Dad
live in a fairly remote rural area.
Thanks once again for all the prayers and good
thoughts.
JIM D.
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