Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Large Print) by Simenon, Georges - 1976

Boston: G. K. Hall & Co.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. Large Print Edition. Hardcover. 0816164002 . Ex-library with numerous markings and stamps. Spine slanted, moderate edge wear and chipping, text is clean and unmarked. Jacket in protective wraps and taped to spine, some rubbing. A solid reading copy of this large print edition.

"A man has been stabbed in a blind alley. It appears a humdrum crime, the result of a drunken brawl. But it is Monday and such stabbings rarely occur on Mondays, and Maigret is struck by one salient fact: all who knew the dead man saw him sitting on one of the Paris boulevard benches. As Simenon readers kinow, the true culprit may not be the murderer but often is some innocent who provoked the situation. This crime story is also a story of marriage between a peace-loving man and a hard, despotic woman. Cowardice leads to deceit, to benchsitting, and finally to the ultimate nightmare."
Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen.; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall .