I'm late replying Jim but I've read all the Maigrets in
French and I can confirm the regular guy and the colloquial
languate. He doesn't speak slang, just normal France french.
And in his private live he is very bourgeois with his little
wife in the background cooking him his meals, taking care of
him, bowing to his every whims patiently. As for being balsy,
I think he is usually placid enough but when stirred and
angry, he does have the nerve to act on his feelings and lash
out at people, whether verbally or physically. Don't know if
I'd label him as tough but he can toughen up when need
be.
Nicole
p.s. Although I have been lurking and silent, I have sent
good thoughts your mom's way and hope she is continuing to
heal.
> Maigret always struck me as a regular guy
> (beer-drinker, country-boy in the Big City, etc.)
who
> talked (once allowances are made for the difficulty
of
> tranlation) like a regular guy.
"Colloquial,"
> therefore, may be reasonably inferred if
not
> absolutely proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Maybe
> any members who've read the books in French
can
> confirm this.
>
> As for tough, he was ballsy enough to shoot it
out
> with a pair of American Mafia hit men in
INSPECTOR
> MAIGRET AND THE KILLERS (aka MAIGRET AND
THE
> GANGSTERS), and in a wonderful Andy
Sipowicz-like
> moment in one of the short stories, he knocks out
a
> pornographer's tooth during an interrogation. I
think
> he qualified for "tough" beyond question.
> JIM DOHERTY
>
> P.S.
> Mom got out of the hospital Sunday. Until she's
a
> hundred percent, she'll be staying at a friend's
house
> just in case emergency care becomes necessary,
since
> she and Dad live in a fairly remote rural
area.
>
> Thanks once again for all the prayers and
good
> thoughts.
>
> JIM D.
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