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080			_a82-3 _bSIM
100			_aSimenon, Georges
245			_aMaigret and the Headless Corpse
260			_bPenguin _c2023 _aLondon
300			_a153p.
490			_aPenguin Modern Classics
520			_aThe discovery of a dismembered body in the Canal Saint Martin leads Maigret into a tangled, baffling case involving a taciturn bistro-owner and a mysterious inheritance.'There was no lack of picturesque individuals in a neighbourhood like Quai de Valmy. But he had seldom encountered the kind of inertia he had seen in that woman. It was hard to explain. When most people look at you, there is some sort of exchange, however small. A contact is established, even if that contact is a kind of defiance.With her, on the contrary, there was nothing.'Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations.'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.
650			_aPolice -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
650			_aDetective and mystery stories
690			_aGeneral
700			_aCurtis, Howard (Translator)
942			_cBK
999			_c60409 _d60409