{"product_id":"maigrets-childhood-friend-georges-simenon-9780241304235","title":"Maigret's Childhood Friend","description":"'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves\n'Florentin pulled one of those faces which had once amused his classmates so much and disarmed the teachers . . . \nMaigret didn't dare to ask why he had come to see him. He studied him, struggling to believe that so many years had passed . . .\nHe was so used to acting the fool that his face automatically assumed comical expressions. But his face was still greyish, his eyes anxious.' \nA visit from a long-lost schoolmate who has fallen on hard times forces Maigret to unpick a seedy tangle of love affairs in Montmartre, and to confront the tragedy of a wasted life.\nThis novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Boyhood Friend.\n'His artistry is supreme' John Banville\n'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496598372640,"sku":"9780241304235","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780241304235.jpg?v=1776582057","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/maigrets-childhood-friend-georges-simenon-9780241304235","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}