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Georges Simenon
[1903-89]
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“We are all potentially characters in a novel – with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full.”
— Georges Simenon
“Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.”
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Georges Simenon entry at Wikipedia
Georges Simenon credits [since 1932] at Internet Movie Database
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Commissaire Jules Maigret of Paris, France
Mystery Series
Simenon wrote 200 novels and 150 novellas (plus much other material), of which 78 novels & 28 stories featured Maigret.
Jules Maigret entry at Wikipedia
list of Maigret novels at Wikipedia
ST's Simenon/Maigret fansite
 | "Georges Simenon: A Checklist of His 'Maigret' and Other Mystery Novels and Short Stories In French and In English Translations" [1976] by Trudee Young Scarecrow Press 9x6 hardcover [1/76] out of print/used |
 | "The Maigret Collection" DVD Box Set [2005]
Koch Vision color DVD set [7/2005] 4 disks for $89.99 Lance Ent. color VHS set [10/2002] 6 tapes - out of prodn/used contains 12 episodes of the Granada Television series of 1992-93, starring Michael Gambon, including "Maigret's Boyhood Friend", "Maigret and The Burglar's Wife", "Maigret Sets A Trap", "Maigret Meets A Milord", and "Maigret and The Mad-Woman" |
 | "Maigret: La Collection" [2006] 54-episode French-language television series [1991-2005] with English subtitles; starring Bruno Cremer Volume 1: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [2/2012] 6 disks for $41.78 Volume 2: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [6/2012] 6 disks for $49.99 Volume 3: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [8/2012] 6 disks for $49.99 Volume 4: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [8/2012] 6 disks for $49.99 Volume 5: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [11/2012] 6 disks for $49.99 Volume 6: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [10/2012] 6 disks for $49.99 Volume 7 Episodes 37-42: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [3/2013] 6 disks for $99.99 Volume 8 Episodes 43-48: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [3/2013] 6 disks for $99.97 Volume 9 Episodes 49-54: MHz Networks widescreen color DVD set [9/2013] 6 disks out of prodn/used |
"MAIGRET: Collection L'Intégrale - Coffret Collector 54 épisodes 27 DVD"
One On One widescreen [6/2007] 27 PAL disks for €79,98 PAL format via Amazon France
 | "Dossier Maigret: Les Enquetes de Bruno Cremer" [2008] by Jacques-Yves Depoix French-language guidebook to all episodes of the French TV series starring Bruno Cremer as Maigret; contents include: an introduction; an overview of the career of Bruno Cremer; the technical specifications for the series; the different directors & writers; a detailed guide of episodes; and a section on other film & TV adaptations. Belles Lettres France 9¼x6½ pb [11/2008] for $38.00 |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Les Essentiels de Maigret" [2011]
 | Includes eleven full-length French-language Maigret mysteries: "Le Charretier de La Providence (The Crime At Lock 14)" [1931]; "La Tête d'un Homme (A Man's Head)" [1931]; "Liberty Bar" [1932]; "Félicie est Là (Maigret and The Toy Village)" [1944]; "La Première Enquête de Maigret, 1913 (Maigret's First Case)" [1948]; "Maigret a Peur (Maigret Afraid)" [1953]; "Maigret se Trompe (Maigret's Mistake)" [1953]; "Maigret et Les Vieillards (Maigret In Society)" [1960]; "Maigret et Le Clochard (Maigret and The Bum)" [1962]; "Maigret à Vichy (Maigret Takes The Waters)" [1967]; and "Maigret et Monsieur Charles" [1972]
Omnibus French-language 7½x5¼ pb [11/2011] import/new-used Omnibus French-language pb [11/2011] for €26,98 via Amazon France |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Train de Nuit (Night Train)" [1930]
"La Maison d'Inquiétude (The House of Unease)" [1930]
"Pietr-le-Letton (The Strange Case of Peter The Lett)" [1931]
"Le Charretier de La Providence (The Crime At Lock 14)" [1931]
"M. Gallet Décédé (The Death of Monsieur Gallet" [1931]
"Le Pendu de Saint-Pholien (The Crime of Inspector Maigret)" [1931]
"La Tête d'un Homme (A Man's Head)" [1931]
"Le Chien Jaune (The Yellow Dog)" [1931]
"La Nuit du Carrefour (Maigret At The Crossroads)" [1931]
"Un Crime en Hollande (A Crime In Holland)" [1931]
#11 "Au Rendez-vous des Terre-Neuves (The Sailor's Rendezvous(" [1931]
"La Danseuse du Gai-Moulin (At The Gai Moulin)" [1931]
"La Guinguette à Deux Sous (Guinguette By The Seine)" [1932]
"L'Ombre Chinoise (The Shadow In The Courtyard)" [1932]
"L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (The Saint-Fiacre Affair)" [1932]
"Chez les Flamands (The Flemish Shop)" [1932]
"Le Port des Brumes (Death of A Harbour Master)" [1932]
"Le Fou de Bergerac (The Madman of Bergerac)" [1932]
"Liberty Bar" [1932]
"L'Écluse No. 1 (The Lock At Charenton)" [1933]
#21 "La Femme Rousse (The Redhead)" [1933]
"Maigret (Maigret Returns)" [1934]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Man Who Watched The Trains Go By (Homme qui Regardait Passer les Trains)" [1938]
 | A Dutch burgher realizes that his stable life will soon fall apart; he catches the first train to Amsterdam, commits an accidental murder, and is soon on the run from police in two countries. A film adaptation was released in 1952. Translated by Marc Romano, Introduction by Luc Sante New York Review of Books Classics 8x5 pb [11/2005] for $10.97 |
"La Maison du Juge (Maigret In Exile)" [1940]
"Les Caves du Majestic (The Hotel Majestic)" [1942]
"Cécile est Morte (Maigret and The Spinster)" [1942]
"Signé Picpus (To Any Lengths)" [1944
"Félicie est Là (Maigret and The Toy Village)" [1944]
"L'Inspecteur Cadavre (Maigret's Rival)" [1944]
"Maigret se Fâche (Maigret In Retirement)" [August 1945]
"Maigret à New York (Maigret In New York's Underworld)" [March 1946]
#31 "Les Vacances de Maigret (Maigret On Holiday)" [November 1947]
"Maigret et Son Mort (Maigret's Dead Man)" [January 1948]
"La Première Enquête de Maigret, 1913 (Maigret's First Case)" [October 1948]
"Mon Ami Maigret (My Friend Maigret)" [February 1949]
"Maigret Chez le Coroner (Maigret At The Coroner's)" [July 1949]
"L'Amie de Mme Maigret (Madame Maigret's Own Case)" [December 1949]
"Les Mémoires de Maigret (Maigret's Memoirs)" [September 1950]
"Maigret et La Vieille Dame (Maigret and The Old Lady)" [December 1950]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Maigret au Picratt's (Maigret and The Strangled Stripper)" [#39 Jan 1951]
 | "also "Maigret In Montmartre"; a garishly-dressed young woman appears at the Montmartre police station in the Rue de la Rochefoucauld with urgent information, then denies it an hour later; soon two brutal stranglings and a beautiful corpse lead Maigret into the desperate underworld of eroticism.
Mariner Books mass pb [11/89] out of print/scarce Curtis Books mass pb [1954] out of print/scarce Doubleday 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1954] out of print/scarce |
"Maigret en Meublé (Maigret Takes A Room)" [#40 Feb 1951]
"Maigret et La Grande Perche (Maigret and The Burglar's Wife)" [#41 May 1951]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Maigret, Lognon et Les Gangsters (Maigret and The Gangsters/Killers)" [#42 Sept 1951]
  | "The Famous Sleuth Cracks An International Crime Ring" Two American gangsters follow a third to Paris to kill him. Avon mass pb [9/88] out of print/used Signet mass pb [1964] out of print/used Signet mass pb [1955] out of print/scarce Doubleday Crime Club 8½x5¾ hardcover [1954] out of print/used |
"Le Revolver de Maigret (Maigret's Revolver)" [June 1952]
"Maigret et l'Homme du Banc (Maigret and The Man On The Boulevard)" [1953]
"Maigret a Peur (Maigret Afraid)" [March 1953]
"Maigret se Trompe (Maigret's Mistake)" [August 1953]
"Maigret à l'École (Maigret Goes To School)" [December 1953]
"Maigret et La Jeune Morte (Maigret and The Dead Girl)" [January 1954]
"Maigret Chez le Ministre (Maigret and The Minister)" [August 1954]
"Maigret et le Corps sans Tête (Maigret and The Headless Corpse)" [January 1955]
#51 "Maigret Tend un Piège (Maigret Sets A Trap)" [July 1955]
"Un Échec de Maigret (Maigret's Failure)" [March 1956]
"Maigret s'Amuse (Maigret's Little Joke)" [September 1956]
"Maigret Voyage (Maigret and The Millionaires)" [August 1957]
"Les Scrupules de Maigret (Maigret Has Scruples)" [December 1957]
"Maigret et les Témoins Récalcitrants (Maigret and The Reluctant Witnesses)" [October 1958]
"Une Confidence de Maigret (Maigret Has Doubts)" [May 1959]
"Maigret aux Assises (Maigret In Court)" [November 1959]
"Maigret et Les Vieillards (Maigret In Society)" [June 1960]
"Maigret et Le Voleur Paresseux (Maigret and The Lazy Burglar)" [January 1961]
#61 "Maigret et Les Braves Gens (Maigret and The Black Sheep)" [September 1961]
"Maigret et Le Client du Samedi (Maigret and The Saturday Caller)" [February 1962]
"Maigret et Le Clochard (Maigret and The Bum)" [May 1962]
"La Colère de Maigret (Maigret Loses His Temper)" [June 1962]
"Maigret et le Fantôme (Maigret and The Ghost)" [June 1963]
"Maigret se Défend (Maigret On The Defensive)" [July 1964]
"La Patience de Maigret (The Patience of Maigret)" [March 1965]
"Maigret et l'Affaire Nahour (Maigret and The Nahour Case)" [February 1966]
"Le Voleur de Maigret (Maigret's Pickpocket)" [November 1966]
"Maigret à Vichy (Maigret Takes The Waters)" [September 1967]
#71 "Maigret Hésite (Maigret Hesitates)" [January 1968]
"L'Ami d'Enfance de Maigret (Maigret's Boyhood Friend)" [June 1968]
"Maigret et le Tueur (Maigret and The Killer)" [April 1969]
"Maigret et le Marchand de Vin (Maigret and The Wine Merchant)" [September 1969]
"La Folle de Maigret (Maigret and The Madwoman)" [May 1970]
"Maigret et l'Homme Tout Seul (Maigret and The Loner)" [February 1971]
"Maigret et l'Indicateur (Maigret and The Informer)" [June 1971]
"Maigret et Monsieur Charles" [February 1972]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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"Maigret Right & Wrong" [1953 & 1967] contains "Maigret In Montmartre" [1951] and "Maigret's Mistake" [1953] Thriller Book Club hardcover [1955] out of print/scarce Thriller Book Club hardcover [1953] out of print/scarce |
 | "Versus Inspector Maigret" [Doubleday 1958 & Curtis 1971] contains "Maigret Has Scruples" [1957] and "Maigret and The Reluctant Witnesses" [1958] Curtis mass pb [1971] out of print/used |
 | "A Maigret Trio: Three Novels Published In The United States For The First Time" [1973] includes three novels: "Maigret's Failure" [1956], "Maigret In Society" [1960], and "Maigret and The Lazy Burgler" [1961]
HBJ/Harvest Books 8x6 pb [10/94] out of print/many used Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1973] out of print/many used |
 | "Maigret and The Mad Killers" [1980] includes three novels: "Maigret's Pickpocket" [1966], "Maigret Hesitates" [1968], and "Maigret and The Killer" [1969]; Introduction by Helen Wolfe Doubleday; Book Club hardcover [1980] out of print/used |
  | "Inspector Maigret's Case Files: Murder a La Carte" [1992] includes "Maigret and The Toy Village" [1944], "Maigret's Rival" [1944], "Maigret and The Pickpocket" [1966], and "Maigret In Vichy" [1967] Galahad Books 9x6 hardcover [9/92] out of print/many used also published as "Murder: Four Great Inspector Maigret Novels Complete In One Volume" [1996] B.B.S. Publng 9x6¼ hardcover [6/96] out of print/many used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Simenon wrote 30 stories featuring Maigret; the 'Christmas' collection includes 9 and the 'Pipe' collection includes 17, leaving
four stories not accounted for: "Maigret In Retirement" (1949) may be a novella that was printed as a book; "Seven Little Crosses
In A Notebook" (1951) is not listed on source material; Wikipedia adds "Death Threats" (1942), "The Group At The Grand-Café" (1938),
"Jeumont, 51 Minutes Wait!" (1938), and "The Unlikely Monsieur Owen" (1938).
list of Maigret short stories at Wikipedia
  | "Complete Maigret Short Stories" [1976] by Georges Simenon
Hamilton U.K. 8½x5½ hardcover [1976] out of print/used "Maigret's Christmas" [9 stories 1976] Translated by Jean Stewart
"Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories" [1977] by Georges Simenon
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Other Works by Georges Simenon
Simenon wrote 200 novels and 150 novellas (plus much other material), of which 78 novels & 28 stories featured Maigret.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
 | "Georges Simenon / Andre Gide: Sans Trop de Pudeur (Without Too Much Modesty) - Correspondance, 1938-1950" [1999]
Carnets Omnibus French-language 7¾x5 pb [8/99] imported/new-used Carnets Omnibus French-language pb [8/99] for €12,44 via Amazon France |
 | "La France de Maigret: Vue par les Maîtres de la Photographie du XXe Miècle (The France of Maigret: A View By The Masters of Photography of The 20th Century)" [2007] Text by Georges Simenon, Preface by Denis Tillinac
Omnibus French-language 11¾x11 hardcover [10/2007] imported/new-used Omnibus French-language hardcover [8/99] out of print/used via Amazon France |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Belle" []
"Betty" []
"The Blue Room (La Chambre Bleue)" [1964] see 2014 movie below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Room_(novel)
"The Brothers Rico" []
"The Cat" [1967]
"Dirty Snow (La Neige Était Sale" [1948] New York Review Books ISBN 1-59017-043-1
"The Disappearance of Odile" [1971]
"The Door: A Novel" [1962] GSthedoor.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Door-Georges-Simenon/dp/0151263701/
"The Glass Cage" []
"The Hitchhiker" []
"In Case of Emergency" []
"In The Barn" []
"The Little Man From Archangel" [1957]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Monsieur La Souris (Mr. Mouse)" [1938]
 | Small-time crook 'Mr. Mouse' is very well known to the police, so when he discovers a fortune in a wallet, he cannot spend it.
Gallimard Education French-language mass pb [6/2009] import/used Folio Policier French-language 17.6x10.6cm pb [6/2009] for €5,65 via Amazon France |
 | "Monsieur La Souris" feature film; English title: "Midnight In Paris" [France Oct 1942, USA Oct 1947] Produced by Roger Richebé; directed by Georges Lacombe; adapted by Marcel Achard from the 1938 novel by Georges Simenon; original music by Georges Auric; starring Raimu, Aimé Clariond, René Bergeron, Paul Amiot, Pierre Jourdan, Marcel Melrac, Jo Dervo, Micheline Francey, Marie Carlot, Charles Granval, Gilbert Gil & (Raymond) Aimos VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
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"Midnight Episode" British remake [Columbia Pictures U.K. Dec 1950, USA May 1955] A tattered hobo who recites Shakespeare for pennies discovers a dead body, which soon disappears, leaving behind a wallet stuffed with money • Directed by Gordon Parry; based on Simenon's novel; starring Stanley Holloway, Leslie Dwyer, Reginald Tate, Meredith Edwards, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Joy Shelton, Raymond Young, Leslie Perrins, Sebastian Cabot, Campbell Copelin & Natasha Parry VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Mr. Hire's Engagement" []
"The Others" []
"The Premier" []
"The President" [] by Georges Simenon, Translated by Daphne Woodward
http://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-president/ Melville House/Neversink Library
"Sunday" []
"Teddy Bear" []
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Train" [1958 novel]
 | A French radio repairman and his pregnant wife & their child flee the advancing Nazi Army on a train where he meets and falls in love with an attractive fugitive Jewish woman. Translated by Robert Baldick Kindle Edition from Melville House [7/2011] for $8.40 Melville House/Neversink Library 8x5 pb [7/2011] for $10.53 publisher book page |
 | "The Train" aka "The Last Train" [Fox-Lira France Oct 1973] Co-adapted & directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre; co-adapted by Pascal Jardin, based on the novel by Georges Simenon; starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Anne Wiazem-sky, Maurice Biraud, Paul Amiot, Nike Arrighi, Paul Le Person, Roger Ibáñez, Jean Lescot, Franco Mazzieri, Serge Marquand & Régine B.C.I. / Eclipse color DVD [2002] out of prodn/used American Home Ent. color VHS [4/95] for $19.95 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Watchmaker of Everton" []
Omnibus Editions
 | "A Maigret Omnibus" [1962] includes "Maigret In Montmartre" [1951] and "Maigret's Mistake" [1953] {previously issued together as "Maigret Right & Wrong"}; "Maigret Goes To School" [1953]; "Maigret Has Scruples" [1957]; and "Maigret and The Reluctant Witnesses" [1958] Hamish Hamilton U.K. hardcover [1962] out of print/scarce |
 | "Five Times Maigret" [June 1964] also released as "A Maigret Omnibus" in 1962 includes "Maigret In Montmartre" [1951]; "Maigret's Mistake" [1953]; "Maigret Goes To School" [1953]; "Maigret Has Scruples" [1957]; and "Maigret and The Reluctant Witnesses" [1958] Harcourt, Brace & World 8½x6 hardcover [6/64] out of print/used Harcourt 8½x6 hardcover [9/64] out of print/used |
 | "Maigret Cinq: A Five Novel Omnibus" [1965] includes "Maigret's First Case" [1948]; "Maigret and The Old Lady" [1950]; "Maigret Takes A Room" [1951]; "Maigret and The Young Girl" [1954]; and "Maigret's Little Joke" [1956] Harcourt, Brace & World 9x6½ hardcover [6/95] out of print/used |
"A Simenon Omnibus" [Hamish Hamilton 1965]
"Mr. Hire's Engagement"; "The Little Man From Archangel"; "In Case of Emergency"; "Sunday"; "The Premier"
http://www.amazon.com/Simenon-Omnibus-Engagement-Archangel-Emergency/dp/B0011GJTUY/
"An American Omnibus" [Harcourt, Brace & World 1967]
"Belle"; "The Brothers Rico"; "The Hitchhiker"; "The Watchmaker of Everton"
http://www.amazon.com/AMERICAN-OMNIBUS-Brothers-Hitchhiker-Watchmaker/dp/B000ZPQ3DI/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
These twenty-five Omnibus Editions from Penguin USA seem to alternate between 'Simenon' and 'Maigret' in the title,
depending on the content; so far there are no duplicates, i.e. Fourth Simenon and Fourth Maigret.
"Simenon Omnibus: No. 1" [Penguin Crime 10/1970]
http://www.amazon.com/Simenon-Omnibus-Penguin-crime-books/dp/0140031847/
"The Second Maigret Omnibus" [1973]
The Accomplices / Maigret's Pickpocket / The Patience of Maigret
http://www.amazon.com/SECOND-MAIGRET-OMNIBUS-GEORGES-SIMENON/dp/B000Z78YE2/
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Maigret-Omnibus-George-Simenon/dp/0241905834/
"The Third Simenon Omnibus" [Penguin Crime 1975]
http://www.amazon.com/third-Simenon-omnibus-Penguin-fiction/dp/B000OIWBZA/
gap here of Omnibus #4
"Maigret Omnibus: No. 5" [Oct 1973]
http://www.amazon.com/Maigret-Omnibus-No-Georges-Simenon/dp/0241024730/
"Maigret Victorious: A Sixth Omnibus" [1975]
"Maigret's Memoirs"; "Maigret and The Headless Corpse"; "Maigret and The Saturday Caller"
http://www.amazon.com/Maigret-Victorious-comprising-Headless-Saturday/dp/B0000E8YG8/
http://www.amazon.com/Maigret-Victorious-Maigrets-Headless-Saturday/dp/B000V0M8OA/
"The Seventh Simenon Omnibus" [July 1974]
"Simenon Omnibus: No. 8" [Penguin Crime March 1975]
"Maigret and The Flea"; "Teddy Bear"; "Maigret Hesitates"
http://www.amazon.com/Simenon-Omnibus-Penguin-crime-fiction/dp/0140038973/
"Ninth Omnibus" [1976] "Maigret and Monsieur Charles"; "The Disappearance of Odile"; "The Cat"
"Tenth Simenon Omnibus" [1976]
"Maigret and The Madwoman"; "The Glass Cage"; "The Man on The Bench"; "In The Barn"
http://www.amazon.com/Tenth-Simenon-Omnibus-Maigret-Madwoman/dp/B000MIIF6Q/
"Simenon Omnibus: No. 11" [Penguin Crime Fen 1977]
http://www.amazon.com/Simenon-Omnibus-Penguin-crime-fiction/dp/0140042482/
"The Twelfth Simenon Omnibus" [1977]
http://www.amazon.com/Twelfth-Simenon-Omnibus-Georges/dp/0140044310/
"The Thirteenth Simenon Omnibus" [1978]
"Maigret and The Man On The Boulevard"; "The Others"; "Maigret and The Loner"
http://www.amazon.com/Thirteenth-Simenon-Omnibus-Maigret-Boulevard/dp/0140045112/
"Simenon Omnibus: No. 14" [Penguin Crime Oct 1979]
"Maigret and The Spinster"; "Betty"; "Maigret and The Black Sheep"
http://www.amazon.com/Simenon-Omnibus-Penguin-crime-fiction/dp/0140046755/
http://www.amazon.com/fourteenth-Simenon-omnibus-Georges/dp/B000QF0DMO/
there is a gap of Omnibus Editions #15 to #21 that are not on Amazon (10/2012)
"Simenon Omnibus: Volume 22" [1992]
http://www.amazon.com/SIMENON-OMNIBUS-22-Georges-Simenon/dp/B007RDPS3M/
"Simenon Omnibus: Volume 23" [1992]
http://www.amazon.com/SIMENON-OMNIBUS-23-Georges-Simenon/dp/B007RDVL38/
"Simenon Omnibus: Volume 24" [1992]
http://www.amazon.com/SIMENON-OMNIBUS-24-Georges-Simenon/dp/B007RBI5P2/
"Simenon Omnibus: Volume 25" [1992]
http://www.amazon.com/SIMENON-OMNIBUS-25-Georges-Simenon/dp/289111535X/
Movies & TV, Stageplays, Other Media
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"Zizi" musical revue on Broadway starring Zizi Jeanmaire [Nov 1964-Jan 1965]
based on the story "La Chambre" by Georges Simenon
http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2837
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"D'Après Simenon: Simenon et le Cinéma" [2001] by Claude Gauteur Carnets Omnibus French-language 7½x4¾ pb [2/2001] imported/new-used Carnets Omnibus French-language pb [2/2001] out of print/used via Amazon France |
"The Blue Room (La Chambre Bleue)"
[Alfama France May 2014, Sundance Selects USA Oct 2014]
 | A married man has an on-going affair in the same room at a hotel, and then his lover is murdered . . . Co-written & directed by and starring Mathieu Amalric; co-written by & co-starring Stéphanie Cléau; also starring Léa Drucker DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • scant movie entry at Wikipedia watch official 4/2014 French-language trailer [1:31] at YouTube |
 | "The Blue Room (La Chambre Bleue)" mystery novel [1964] A married man has an on-going affair in the same room at a hotel, and then his lover is murdered . . . Harvest/H.B.J. mass pb [1978] out of print/used Penguin Classics 8¼x6 pb [2/2016] for $11.11 French-language Kindle Edition from Omnibus [11/2012] for €7,99 via Amazon France Livre de Poche French-language mass pb [2011] out of print/used Presses de La Cité French-language mass pb [11/2002] out of print/used Le Grand Livre du Mois French-language hardcover [2002] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia {empty} |
Works About Georges Simenon
 | "Simenon: A Critical Biography" [1987] by Stanley G. Eskin McFarland & Co. pb [10/2011] for $30.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/87] out of print/used |
 | "The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon" [1993] by Patrick Marnham Harvest 9x6 pb [12/2003] for $22.00 FS&G hardcover [4/93] out of print/many used |
Autodictionnaire Simenon (French Edition) by Pierre Assouline (Oct 12, 2009
http://www.amazon.com/Autodictionnaire-Simenon-French-Pierre-Assouline/dp/2258080096/
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/107441815
L i n k s
Georges Simenon entry at Wikipedia
Jules Maigret entry at Wikipedia
Georges Simenon credits [since 1932] at Internet Movie Database
browse Georges Simenon Store {over 1,000 titles} at Amazon
ST's Simenon/Maigret fansite
http://www.libnet.ulg.ac.be/simenon.htm
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