Maigret's Childhood Friend

<p><b>'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves</b><br><br><i>'Florentin pulled one of those faces which had once amused his classmates so much and disarmed the teachers . . . <br><br>Maigret didn't dare to ask why he had come to see him. He studied him, struggling to believe that so many years had passed . . .<br><br>He was so used to acting the fool that his face automatically assumed comical expressions. But his face was still greyish, his eyes anxious.' <br><br></i>A visit from a long-lost schoolmate who has fallen on hard times forces Maigret to unpick a seedy tangle of love affairs in Montmartre, and to confront the tragedy of a wasted life.<br><br>This novel has been published in a previous translation as <i>Maigret's Boyhood Friend.</i> <br><br>'His artistry is supreme' John Banville<br><br>'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' <i>Guardian</i></p> <p><b>'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves</b><br><br><i>'Florentin pulled one of those faces which had once amused his classmates so much and disarmed the teachers . . . <br><br>Maigret didn't dare to ask why he had come to see him. He studied him, struggling to believe that so many years had passed . . .<br><br>He was so used to acting the fool that his face automatically assumed comical expressions. But his face was still greyish, his eyes anxious.' <br><br></i>A visit from a long-lost schoolmate who has fallen on hard times forces Maigret to unpick a seedy tangle of love affairs in Montmartre, and to confront the tragedy of a wasted life.<br><br>This novel has been published in a previous translation as <i>Maigret's Boyhood Friend.</i> <br><br>'His artistry is supreme' John Banville<br><br>'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' <i>Guardian</i></p>