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Maigret Goes Home

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First edition (publ. A. Fayard)

Maigret Goes Home (French: L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre) is a 1932 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. Maigret is called back to his home village to try to prevent a crime being committed.[1] It was also released as Maigret on Home Ground and Maigret and the Countess.

Adaptations

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Jean Gabin played the part of Maigret in a film adaptation in 1959 called Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre. In 1962 it was made into an episode of the first Maigret television series starring Rupert Davies. In 1992 it was made into an episode of an ITV Maigret series.[2][unreliable source]

References

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  1. ^ "Maigret Goes Home (Inspector Maigret, book 13) by Georges Simenon".
  2. ^ "Maigret on Home Ground". IMDb.