About the only Simenon I had around the house was a story in
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES. The story is
"The Evidence of the Altar Boy," and it's about 30 pages
long, translated by Jean Stewart. It's an OK story, in which
Maigret deals with an old man, a boy, and various versions of
the truth. The boy reminds Maigret of his own childhood, so
we get a little (certainly not much) about Maigret's past.
Maigret has a bad cold in the story, and there's an amusing
little sub-plot about how he manages to sneak in a few smokes
without his wife finding out. I didn't find anything noir or
hardboiled in the story.
Bill Crider
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