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Red Lights by Belgian author Georges Simenon takes place in 1950s America, where nearly everyone drives a car and the highways are jam packed. And that's Red Lights as in all the red tail lights a driver sees when driving at night. “What got on his nerves was the incessant hum of wheels on either si Leggi tutto

Another drink Forse mi ripeto ma neanche questa volta mi abbandona l’impressione che, rispetto ai consueti roman durs di Simenon, i racconti ambientati fuori dall’ambito franco-belga partano in qualche modo ad handicap, privi come sono delle particolari atmosfere che il maestro di Liegi sa infondere, Leggi tutto

Celebrity Death Match Special: Feux rouges versus Oedipus Rex I loved this book and could not it down, but I was a little surprised by the ending. I would hate to ruin anyone else's enjoyment by dropping spoilers, so let me just say that this is not quite the standard way to round off a Greek tragedy Leggi tutto

Το "Κόκκινα φώτα", το τέταρτο βιβλίο του Ζορζ Σιμενόν που διαβάζω, ανήκει στην κατηγορία των κοινωνικών και "σκληρών" αστυνομικών μυθιστορημάτων του συγγραφέα, όπου πρωταγωνιστές είναι άνθρωποι της διπλανής μας πόρτας, με τα προβλήματα και τις ανάγκες τους, που μπλέκονται σε διάφορες δύσκολες και πε Leggi tutto