Maigret And The Tramp Av Georges Simenon

<b><b>“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré<br><br></b>When a beggar is pulled from the River Seine, having been badly beaten, Inspector Maigret must investigate the man to uncover his attacker.</b><br><br> While sleeping under the Pont Marie bridge, a homeless man known as Doc is viciously beaten and thrown into the River Seine to drown. A pair of bargemen manage to rescue him, and his identification reveals he was once a doctor in Mulhouse, where, coincidentally, Inspector Maigret’s sister-in-law lives. Seizing on this connection, Maigret must delve into the man’s personal circumstances to figure out just who might have wanted him dead—and why.<br><br> A fascinating, fast-paced story about the past lives we try to leave behind, and the ways in which they return, <i>Maigret and the Tramp</i> is a riveting mystery from Georges Simenon.