Three Beds in Manhattan
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780241893265 (0241893267)
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
New York,
France,
French Literature,
International,
Belgium,
Belgian
A very strange and uneven Simenon. At first, the premise is intriguing: a man, François Combe, leaves his flat due to the noise his neighbor and his neighbor’s odd guest make. How Simenon handles city life—and here, more especially, the pulse and feel of Manhattan—is very acute in the opening scenes...