Author | Georges Simenon |
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Original title | French: Le Fou de Bergerac |
Language | French |
Series | Inspector Jules Maigret |
Genre | Detective fiction, Crime fiction |
Publisher | Fayard |
Publication date | 1932 |
Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 1940 |
Media type | |
Preceded by | Death of a Harbour Master |
Followed by | Liberty Bar |
The Madman of Bergerac (French : Le Fou de Bergerac) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.
The book has been translated two times into English: in 1940 by Geoffrey Sainsbury as The Madman of Bergerac, and in 2015 by Ros Schwartz with the same title. [1]
The book is translated into the Georgian language as ბერჟერაკელი მანიაკი, by Nukri Fkhakadze and Giorgi Chikobava. [2]
The novel has been adapted four times for film and television: in French in 1979 as Maigret et le fou de Bergerac, with Jean Richard in the lead role and in 2002 as Maigret et le fou de Saint-Clothilde, with Bruno Cremer in the main role; in Italian in 1972 as Il pazzo di Bergerac, with Gino Cervi and in English in 1962 as The Madman of Vervac, with Rupert Davies in the main role. [3]