PublishedPenguin Modern Classics, February 2015 |
ISBN9780141399041 |
FormatSoftcover, 160 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 0.9cm |
A new translation of Simenon's gripping novel about lives transformed by deceit and the destructive power of lust.
It was all real- himself, the room, Andree still lying on the ravaged bed.
For Tony and Andree, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the H tel des Voyageurs. Their adulterous affair is intoxicating, passionate - and dangerous. Soon it turns into a nightmare from which there can be no escape. Simenon's stylish and sensual psychological thriller weaves a story of cruelty, reckless lust and relentless guilt.
'A wondrous achievement, brief, inexorable, pared to, and agonisingly close to, the bone, and utterly compelling; in short, a true and luminous work of art.' John Banville
'A double crime, a dark provincial scandal, and a dreadful sort of triumph . . . presented with shattering power' San Francisco Chronicle
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