Maigret in New York (other English-language titles are Maigret in New York's Underworld and Inspector Maigret in New York's Underworld; French: Maigret à New York) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret. The novel was written between February 27 to March 6, 1946, in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, Quebec, Canada.[1] The book was published in 1947 by Presses de la Cité.[2]
| Author | Georges Simenon |
|---|---|
| Original title | French: Maigret à New York |
| Translator | Adrienne Foulke, Linda Coverdale |
| Language | French |
| Series | Inspector Jules Maigret |
| Genre | Detective fiction, Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Presses de la Cité |
Publication date | 1947 |
| Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 1955 |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Maigret in Retirement |
| Followed by | A Summer Holiday |
Translations
The book has been translated and published under different titles: in 1955 as Maigret in New York and as Maigret in New York's Underworld , in 1956 as Inspector Maigret in New York's Underworld, all translated by Adrienne Foulke; in 2016 as Maigret in New York translated by Linda Coverdale.[3]
The first German translation by Bernhard Jolles was published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1956.[4]
Adaptation
- Maigret à New York, starring Jean Richard and Raymond Pellegrin (1990).[5]
Literature
- Maurice Piron, Michel Lemoine, L'Univers de Simenon, guide des romans et nouvelles (1931-1972) de Georges Simenon, Presses de la Cité, 1983, p. 306-307 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)
External links
- Maigret at trussel.com