Maigret and the bum
by Georges Simenon
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A vagrant living under a bridge is assaulted at night, knocked hard enough to fracture his skull, and thrown into the River Seine. Two bargemen from barges moored nearby fish him out of the cold water before he drowns and he ends up in the hospital in a coma. Chief Superintendent Maigret is called to the scene. One of the bargemen, whose boat is moored near the ramp coming down the embankment, reports seeing two men coming back from under the bridge and departing in a red sports car. The man's identity card provides a name and place of birth - coincidentally the same town as Madame Maigret's sister resides. For once, Madame is able to participate to some degree and assist her husband in his challenging work. The vagrant was at one time a practicing doctor, but has been living in Paris as a bum for many, many years. Maigret knows the down-and-out community do not normally commit violence against each other. What is hidden in the doctor's past?
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Fiction, French fiction, Mystery, French language, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, Readers, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Maigret, jules (fictitious character), fiction, Paris (france), fiction, France, fiction, French language materials, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, mystery & detective, generalPlaces
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1960sShowing 7 featured editions. View all 34 editions?
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Maigret e o mendigo
2009, L & PM Editores
in Portuguese
- 1. ed. na Coleção L & PM Pocket.
8525419206 9788525419200
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Maigret Et Le Clochard (Easy Reader)
December 1, 1989, John Murray
Paperback
in French
0719526566 9780719526565
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Maigret et le clochard
1982, Presses de la Cité
Mass Market Paperback
in French
225314228X 9782253142287
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Maigret and the bum
1973, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Hardcover
in English
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"A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book."
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"For a moment, somewhere between the Quai des Orfevres and the Pont Marie, Maigret halted, so briefly that Lapointe, who was walking beside him, did not notice."
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