External links
- Maigret at trussel.com
| Author | Georges Simenon |
|---|---|
| Original title | French: Le Fou de Bergerac |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Series | Inspector Jules Maigret |
| Genre | Detective fiction, Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Fayard |
Publication date | 1932 |
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]
Jules Maigret, or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a commissaire ("commissioner") of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, created by writer Georges Simenon. The character's full name is Jules Amédée François Maigret.
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer, most famous for his fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most popular authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 novels, 21 volumes of memoirs and many short stories, selling over 500 million copies.
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