The Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Simenon Omnibuses
The Eleventh Omnibus The Venice Train was first published in 1961 as Le Train de Venise, and was translated into English by Alastair Hamilton. It begins as intriguingly as an … Continue reading
The Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Simenon Omnibuses
The Eighth Omnibus Maigret and the Flea was first published as Maigret et l’indicateur in 1971. It was translated into English by Lyn Moir. A routine Maigret. As usual, there … Continue reading
Assessing Georges Simenon
There seem to be three ways at least of assessing the achievement of Georges Simenon. I like many of his books and find myself getting confused in going from one … Continue reading
The Simenon case
The book I’m reading now is Simenon, a Critical Biography, by Stanley G Eskin, (McFarland and Co. Jefferson NC, USA 1987), and this is the reaction I have to what … Continue reading
Six questions about Shakespeare
I’m reading a book by Kate Emery Pogue called Shakespeare’s Friends (Praeger, Westport CT, USA 2006), which gives brief lives of some 40 people who knew William Shakespeare well. The … Continue reading
Some words for the wise
I have a confession to make: I am a wordaholic. Give me a definition to find in a dictionary, and I read the book. It’s the greatest story ever told. … Continue reading
Li Po walks back to heaven
Once I found a book called The Living Past, written by Ivar Lissner in 1957: 60 essays on aspects of antiquity. One essay that had a vivid impact on me … Continue reading
