Maigret

Portrait of Georges Simenon as Chief Inspector Maigret. Harcourt Studio, Paris, 1952. Wikimedia Commons: Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie (MPP). At midnight on February 20, 1931, a bal anthropométrique “gala for criminal recidivists” got underway at La Boule Blanche nightclub in Montparnasse. The event was sponsored by Parisian publisher Arthème Fayard to launch…

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