Bibliograph

Mr. Hire's engagement, Georges Simenon ; translated by Anna Moschovakis

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Mr. Hire's engagement, Georges Simenon ; translated by Anna Moschovakis

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eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Mr. Hire's engagement

Responsibility statement

Georges Simenon ; translated by Anna Moschovakis

Summary

People find Mr Hire strange, disconcerting. The tenants he shares his building with try to avoid him. He is a peeping Tom, a visitor of prostitutes, a dealer in unsavoury literature. He is also the prime suspect for a brutal murder that he did not commit. Yet Mr Hire's innocence will not stand in the way of those looking for a scapegoat. Georges Simenon's quietly devastating and deeply unnerving novel is a chilling portrayal of tragic love, persecution and betrayal

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Mister Hire's engagement

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