This was a really good read. Maigret finds himself dealing with Dutch people (the horror!) with the mystery of a dead husband.The characters are well drawn. Miagret is a pleasure to read and this book looks closely at the pressures of a small community.
A novella translated from the French, The Library of Unrequited Love takes the form of a librarian's monologue to - or, rather, at - a reader locked in overnight. It's a bittersweet little book about loneliness, literature and love, with the unnamed librarian hankering after a researcher named Marti...
I learned. I laughed. I highlighted. I really enjoyed this little read. I will definitely read it again. If you love books, libraries and laughter I say give it a go.
Sadly, not for me. I'm just baffled.
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