The Two-Penny Bar

<p><b>'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves</b> <br><br><i>'A radiant late afternoon. The sunshine almost as thick as syrup in the quiet streets of the Left Bank . . .<br>there are days like this, when ordinary life seems heightened, when the people walking down the street, the<br>trams and cars all seem to exist in a fairy tale.</i>'<br><br>A story told by a condemned man leads Maigret to a bar by the Seine and into the sleazy underside of respectable Parisian life. In the oppressive heat of summer, a forgotten crime comes to light.<br><br>Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel is a revised translation, previously published as <i>The Bar on the Seine</i>.<br><br>'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray<br><br>'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' <i>Guardian</i> <br><br>'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' <i>Independent</i></p> <p><b>'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves</b> <br><br><i>'A radiant late afternoon. The sunshine almost as thick as syrup in the quiet streets of the Left Bank . . .<br>there are days like this, when ordinary life seems heightened, when the people walking down the street, the<br>trams and cars all seem to exist in a fairy tale.</i>'<br><br>A story told by a condemned man leads Maigret to a bar by the Seine and into the sleazy underside of respectable Parisian life. In the oppressive heat of summer, a forgotten crime comes to light.<br><br>Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel is a revised translation, previously published as <i>The Bar on the Seine</i>.<br><br>'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray<br><br>'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' <i>Guardian</i> <br><br>'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' <i>Independent</i></p>