Georges Simenon's novel, an effort to move beyond Maigret toward more "serious" work, nonetheless contains themes found in his crime novels. The story, in fact, has all the hallmarks of a Maigret story and features Lucas, Maigret's deputy, in a cameo as chief detective. The story, of a man chucking everything and running away from a respectable life, has been told before, but Simenon makes it particularly chilling and believable.
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