Tuesday, July 28, 2015

The Grand Banks Cafe

This Maigret story, like others in the series by Georges Simenon, excels in its understanding of human impulses, desires, and fears. The mystery here is solved, cleverly enough, but the heart of the story is the excavation of the characters' flaws. Through it all Maigret sips on his beer and puffs on his pipe, seeing everything and judging nothing.

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