The Man Who Wasn't Maigret

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The Man Who Wasn't Maigret
Author Patrick Marnham
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Subject Georges Simenon
Genre biography
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Published in English
16 April 1992
Pages320
ISBN 9780747508847

The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon is a biography about the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, written by the Englishman Patrick Marnham and published by Bloomsbury in 1992. It covers the often contradictory material about Simenon's life, including the correspondences between his prolific literary output and sexual life. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The book received the 1993 Marsh Biography Award. [5]

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