Here's another article on them, by John Banville:
http://www.laweekly.com/2008-05-29/art-books/the-escape-artist/1
And a follow up:
http://neglectedbooks.com/?p=207
The only one I've read was The Accomplices, which was quite good. It starts with a man running a bus filled with kids off the road when he drifts across the center line while his hand is busy between his mistress's legs.
I've picked up several others when I've found them in used bookstores. I seem to recall someone here mentioning that one of his translators took liberties with Simenon's text, even changing plot.
Mark
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> From: gbaeza@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:07:09 +0000
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Dirty Snow by Simenon
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> Here's a good article on Simenon's "roman durs", the more hardcore, non-Maigret novels he wrote:
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> http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070507/roth
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> -Gonzalo
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> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Jon.
> >
> > I found following:
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> > http://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/book-search?q=simenon
> >
> > As long as the books hold up to "Dirty Snow", I'm planning to start with The Man Who Watched Trains Go By and work myself down this page.
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "New Pulp Press" <bassoffj@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Check out The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Maybe more chilling than Dirty Snow. The Widow is also very good.
> > >
> > > Jon Bassoff
> > > New Pulp Press
> > >
> > > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Following the recommendation from several here I picked up this book. Really a fascinating read--more Albert Camus than Jim Thompson, but still really quite something in the way Frank his handled, both in his callous cruelty and in his inevitable destiny. Any other similar-minded Simenon books folks can recommend?
> > > >
> > > > --Dave
> > > >
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