Maigret at the Crossroads
First edition (publ. Fayard)
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| Author | Georges Simenon |
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| Original title | (Fr.) La Nuit Du Carrefour |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Series | Inspector Jules Maigret |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Published | 1931 A. Fayard |
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| Preceded by | Maigret and the Yellow Dog |
| Followed by | Maigret in Holland |
Maigret at the Crossroads (French: La Nuit du carrefour) is a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. Published in 1931, it is one of the earliest novels to feature Inspector Maigret in the role of the chief police investigator, a character that has since become one of the best-known detectives in fiction.
Plot[edit]
The plot of the novel is driven by the murder of Isaac Goldberg, a Jewish diamond merchant, in a place outside Paris known as the Three Widows' Crossroads.
Characters[edit]
The cast of characters includes:
- Carl Andersen and Else Andersen, an aristocratic Danish duo who live in a secluded house at the crossroads
- Monsieur Michonnet, an insurance agent in whose car the body of Goldberg was found
- Monsieur Oscar, the owner of the service station at the crossroads
Translation[edit]
Originally written in French, the novel was translated into English by Robert Baldick and published by Penguin in 1963.
In other media[edit]
Film[edit]
It was dramatized as Night at the Crossroads in 1932 in a film written and directed by Jean Renoir, starring Renoir's brother Pierre Renoir as Inspector Maigret.[1]
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