Georges Simenon (1903–1989) was a Belgian author, creator of Inspector Maigret, known for psychological, character-driven crime novels.

Creator of the detective Inspector Maigret; widely translated and adapted; noted for economical, immersive prose and psychological focus in crime fiction.

Reviews emphasize Simenon's psychological approach to crime fiction: Maigret as a "policeman-psychologist" and the atmosphere of his Maigret novels. The Man Who Watched Trains Go By is read as a study of a man's break from a bland life into notoriety. Both reviews note Simenon's fluid, immersive prose.

For:Readers of detective and psychological fiction; fans of Inspector Maigret; literary readers interested in character-driven crime stories.

 Rude, silent, sometimes indifferent, with his imposing bulk, his pipe, and his long coat: Commissioner Maigret, born from the imagination of Georges Simenon in 1930, has thus entered the collective imagination.

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 For forty years, he had meticulously torn off each week’s days with a robotic manner and had accumulated them on the floor of his spacious villa, of which he was particularly proud.

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