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The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by Paperback - 2017

by Georges Simenon; Sian Reynolds (Translator)


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"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --The Guardian

In this Georges Simenon classic, a Dutch clerk flees to Paris with his crooked boss's money and meets the woman behind the man "A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion . . . disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers." Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man--until the day he discovers his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for, and something snaps. Kees used to watch the trains go by on their way to exciting destinations. Now, on some dark impulse, he boards one at random, and begins a new life of recklessness and violence. The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By is a chilling portrayal of a man who breaks from society and goes on the run asks who we are, and what we are capable of.

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  • Title The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by
  • Author Georges Simenon; Sian Reynolds (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York, New York
  • Date 2017-10
  • ISBN 9780241258552 / 0241258553
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 in (19.81 x 12.95 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mentally ill
  • Dewey Decimal Code 843.912

About the author

Georges Simenon was born in Lige, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.
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