Mahe Circle (Simenon Georges)(Paperback)

"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

The first-ever English publication of Georges Simenon's compelling novel about summer escape and elusive obsessions "The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a belljar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas."

During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles, Dr. Mah caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence--or may destroy him. Taut, insightful, and impossible to put down, this is the first English translation of The Mah Circle,
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