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'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray
'Try to imagine a guest, a wealthy woman, staying at the Majestic with her husband, her son, a nurse and a governess . . . In a suite that costs more than a thousand francs a day . . . At six in the morning,…
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Known for his pure understatement, Simenon is able to conjure a world with a few simple brushstrokes; his depth of insight and characterisation are always rewarding, as is his knowledge of what motivates human beings.
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