The Flemish Shop | |
Title Orig: | French: Chez les Flamands |
Author: | Georges Simenon |
Country: | Belgium |
Language: | French |
Series: | Inspector Jules Maigret |
Genre: | Detective fiction, Crime fiction |
Publisher: | Fayard |
Release Date: | 1932 |
English Release Date: | 1940 |
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Preceded By: | Maigret Goes Home |
Followed By: | Death of a Harbour Master |
The Flemish Shop (other English-language titles are The Flemish House and Maigret and the Flemish Shop; French: Chez les Flamands) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.
The book has been translated three times into English: in 1940 by Geoffrey Sainsbury as The Flemish Shop, in 1990 as Maigret and the Flemish Shop by Geoffrey Sainsbury, and in 2015 by Shaun Whiteside as The Flemish House.[1]
The novel has been adapted three times for film and television: in French in 1992 as Maigret chez les Flamands, with Bruno Cremer in the main role, and in 1976 as Maigret chez les Flamandswith Jean Richard in the lead role; in English in 1963 as The Flemish Shop, with Rupert Davies in the main role.[2]