The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by

Name: The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by
Rating: 3.3333333333333335 (3 reviews)
Author: Georges Simenon
ISBN: 9780141187679

by Georges Simenon, Marc Romano, D. Thin, Luc Sante

3.3

(3 ratings)

228 pages1938Penguin Books LtdISBN 9780141187679

ClassicsMurderFiction Mystery

About this book

An unusual crime thriller about a seemingly respectable man who commits a murder in his home town of Groningen in Holland and then goes on the run. Imagining himself to be a criminal genius he plays a cat-and-mouse game with the police via the newspapers as he travels across Europe, finally ending up in Paris, where he becomes infatuated with a prostitute.

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 1938
Pages: 228
ISBN: 9780141187679
Language: en

About Georges Simenon

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon était un écrivain belge. Auteur prolifique, il a publié près de 200 romans et de nombreuses nouvelles. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé le roman policier Maigret. ---------- Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Simenon