Georges Simenon

Instead we are treated to a Paris of little people and unsightly scenes, such as the lanky prostitute trying to save a respectable girl from being hoodwinked in Georges Simenon's "The Little Restaurant at Ternes" (1947) or the left-wing militant who wakes up in a gutter reeling from a head injury in Frédéric Fajardie's "Rue des Larmes" (1992).

Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011

Instead we are treated to a Paris of little people and unsightly scenes, such as the lanky prostitute trying to save a respectable girl from being hoodwinked in Georges Simenon's "The Little Restaurant at Ternes" (1947) or the left-wing militant who wakes up in a gutter reeling from a head injury in Frédéric Fajardie's "Rue des Larmes" (1992).

Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011

For those whose preference runs more to genre literature, there's the great, prolific Georges Simenon, a Belgian who moved to Paris and wrote nearly 200 novels, 75 of them featuring the crime-solving Inspector Maigret.

Gail Vida Hamburg: Paris on the Brain: Books for Spring Vacationers and Armchair Travelers 2010

Stray Dog began life as a novel that the director wrote after being inspired by the crime fiction of French author Georges Simenon, but when Kurosawa adapted his novel for the screen his work took on a life of its own.

Happy Birthday Akira Kurosawa! 2010

This would have been an amazing bonanza for Georges Simenon who wrote his crime novels in eleven days.

Roger L. Simon » Amazon vs. Apple = Happy Days for Writers? 2010

Stray Dog began life as a novel that the director wrote after being inspired by the crime fiction of French author Georges Simenon, but when Kurosawa adapted his novel for the screen his work took on a life of its own.

Have You Voted for the Rondo Awards? 2010

For those whose preference runs more to genre literature, there's the great, prolific Georges Simenon, a Belgian who moved to Paris and wrote nearly 200 novels, 75 of them featuring the crime-solving Inspector Maigret.

Gail Vida Hamburg: Paris on the Brain: Books for Spring Vacationers and Armchair Travelers Gail Vida Hamburg 2010

To put that in context, it is the equivalent of 166 Nick Cleggs, but only half a Georges Simenon who also found time to write a reported 500 novels, and smoke a pipe.

On the scent of the Seventies with James Hunt and Barry Sheene Martin Kelner 2010

Apparently Georges Simenon was in Edinburgh and, as you would, asked what the gothic rocket on Princes Street was.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

Apparently Georges Simenon was in Edinburgh and, as you would, asked what the gothic rocket on Princes Street was.

In praise of Andrew Sullivan 2009