Maigret At The Coroner`s

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Maigret grapples with the American justice system on a trip to Arizona in this new translation, book thirty-two of the new Penguin Maigret series. The FBI man was convinced, in short, that Maigret was a big shot in his own country but that here, in the United States, he was incapable of figuring out anything.. .well, Maigret happened to believe that men & their passions are the same everywhere. Maigret is touring the United States to observe American policing methods, when a visit to a coroner`s inquest in Arizona draws him into the tragic story of a young woman & five airmen in the desert. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. ` His artistry is supreme` John Banville ` One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.. . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories` Guardian `A supreme writer.. .unforgettable vividness` Independent