To Any Lengths Explained

To Any Lengths
Title Orig:French: Signé Picpus
Translator:Geoffrey Sainsbury, David Coward
Author:Georges Simenon
Country:Belgium
Language:French
Series:Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre:Detective fiction, Crime fiction
Publisher:Gallimard
Release Date:1944
English Release Date:1950
Media Type:Print
Preceded By:Maigret and the Spinster
Followed By:Maigret and the Toy Village

To Any Lengths (other English-language titles are Maigret and the Fortuneteller and Signed, Picpus; French: Signé Picpus) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.

Translations

The book has been translated three times into English: in 1950 as To Any Lengths and in 1989 as Maigret and the Fortuneteller translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury and in 2015 as Signed, Picpus translated by David Coward.[1]

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted several times for cinema and television:[2]

In French
In Italian
In English
In Japanese

Literature

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.trussel.com/maig/plots/sigplot.htm Publication history
  2. https://www.trussel.com/maig/bookndx.htm#SIG Film history