Hosts Christopher Funderburg and John Cribbs dig into the work of the Belgian author Georges Simenon via his crime novel La tête d’un homme, featuring his wildly popular character Inspector Maigret. The ultra-prolific Simenon wrote 11 novels in 1931, the year that he wrote La tête, and rarely slowed down during his legendary career - even at the reduced pace of his later years, he would purportedly write a novel in 11 days.

La tête d’un homme (also known as A Man’s Head or Maigret’s War of Nerves) begins with the story of a prisoner escaping from prison... with the unexpected help of Maigret. From there, it builds to a confrontation with a criminal whose manner & belief system disturbs the detective on a profound level. It’s a classic of detective fiction - we discuss its place in culture, the film adaptations, and how to approach Simenon’s work even as a total novice.

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Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two”
 Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas"

Broadcast on:

14 Sep 2021