Here's a good article on Simenon's "roman durs", the more hardcore, non-Maigret novels he wrote:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070507/roth
-Gonzalo
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@...> wrote:
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> Thanks, Jon.
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> I found following:
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> http://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/book-search?q=simenon
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> As long as the books hold up to "Dirty Snow", I'm planning to start with The Man Who Watched Trains Go By and work myself down this page.
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> --Dave
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> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "New Pulp Press" <bassoffj@> wrote:
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> > Check out The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Maybe more chilling than Dirty Snow. The Widow is also very good.
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> > Jon Bassoff
> > New Pulp Press
> >
> > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@> wrote:
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> > > Following the recommendation from several here I picked up this book. Really a fascinating read--more Albert Camus than Jim Thompson, but still really quite something in the way Frank his handled, both in his callous cruelty and in his inevitable destiny. Any other similar-minded Simenon books folks can recommend?
> > >
> > > --Dave
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