This is the biography of Georges Simenon, the creator of Inspector Maigret and one of the most widely read genre writers of all time. By the age of 22 he was writing 3 novels a month, and by his death Simenon had produced nearly 400, as well as 25 autobiographical books and innumerable stories, although his overriding inspiration in writing was always financial gain. Simenon prized quantitative achievement in his personal life as well. He claimed to have slept with 10,000 women by the end of his life, though his second wife ...
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This is the biography of Georges Simenon, the creator of Inspector Maigret and one of the most widely read genre writers of all time. By the age of 22 he was writing 3 novels a month, and by his death Simenon had produced nearly 400, as well as 25 autobiographical books and innumerable stories, although his overriding inspiration in writing was always financial gain. Simenon prized quantitative achievement in his personal life as well. He claimed to have slept with 10,000 women by the end of his life, though his second wife put the number at a more modest 1200, including three marriages and a love affair with Josephine Baker. Simenon also had close friendships with some of the great cultural figures of the day, such as Andre Gide, Jean Renoir and Henry Miller.
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Very good. Pages are clean! Minor shelf wear The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. The front text block edge is deckled Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 1st printing. Red remainder dot to upper page edges. Otherwise unmarked copy with lower corners gently bumped. 447pp. Jacket has one short tear. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First American edition. 447pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Translated from the French by Jon Rothschild. Spine ends lightly bumped, small red mark (doesn't look like a remainder mark) on top page edges, else fine in a fine dustwrapper.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First American edition. Translated from the French by Jon Rothschild. Fine in fine dustwrapper with light bumping to the spinal extremities of the book and jacket.
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