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Mr Hire's Engagement
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ISBN10: 0141978465
ISBN13: 9780141978468
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Oct 27 2015
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780141978468
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Oct 27 2015
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason. --John Le Carré
The basis for the 1947 French film noir classic Panique, which was rereleased in January 2017 Georges Simenon's chilling portrayal of tragic love, persecution and betrayal
The basis for the 1947 French film noir classic Panique, which was rereleased in January 2017 Georges Simenon's chilling portrayal of tragic love, persecution and betrayal
One sensed in him neither flesh nor bone, nothing but soft, flaccid matter, so much so that his movements were hard to make out. Very red lips stood out from his orb-like face, as did the thin moustache that he curled with an iron and looked as if it had been drawn on with India ink; on his cheekbones were the symmetrical pink dots of a doll's cheeks. People find Mr. Hire strange, disconcerting. The tenants in his building try to avoid him. He is a peeping Tom, a frequent client of sex workers, a dealer in unsavory literature. He is also the prime suspect for a brutal murder that he did not commit. But Mr. Hire's innocence will not stand in the way of those looking for a scapegoat as tragedy unfolds in this quietly devastating and deeply unnerving novel.
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