Pietr The Latvian Av Georges Simenon

<p><b>The first novel which appeared in Georges Simenon''s famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos.</b><br><i><br>Not that he looked like a cartoon policeman. He didn''t have a moustache and he didn''t wear heavy boots. His clothes were well cut and made of fairly light worsted. He shaved every day and looked after his hands. </i><i><br>But his frame was proletarian. He was a big, bony man. His firm muscles filled out his jacket and quickly pulled all his trousers out of shape.<br><br></i><i>He had a way of imposing himself just by standing there. His assertive presence had often irked many of his own colleagues.</i><br><br>In Simenon''s first novel featuring Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces the true identity of Pietr the Latvian.<br><br>This novel has been published in previous translations as <i>The Case of Peter the Lett</i> and <i>Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett.</i><br><br>''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray<br><br>''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century'' <i>Guardian</i></p>