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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

Rating: 4* of five The Publisher Says : It is Friday evening before Labor Day weekend. Americans are hitting the highways in droves; the radio crackles with warnings of traffic jams and crashed cars. Steve Hogan and his wife, Nancy, have a long drive ahead—from New York City to Maine, where their chil Leggi tutto

Un bel romanzo psicologico –Simenon raramente delude- ma non eccezionale. In poche pagine lo scrittore racconta, nel tempo di un weekend, la crisi di una coppia soffocata all’interno dei “binari” delle regole e delle abitudini della vita quotidiana, impegnata nel lavoro, nella cura dei figli e nella Leggi tutto

Somewhere I read that Georges Simenon’s novels are addictive and while I was reading this (my first of his) I found myself relating to his millions of fans. Somewhat. His writing is full of precise detail (not too simple nor too complex) and mild suspense and with almost exactly twenty pages to ever Leggi tutto

This short novel by Belgian author Georges Simenon contains some elements that I typically enjoy. I enjoy stories about road trips that go awry, for example; stories that involve the Greyhound in any way; stories about road trips that go awry because the traveler(s) picks up some disreputable or dan Leggi tutto

Steve e Nancy sono una coppia come tante. Sposati da dieci anni, due figli. Si amano, a modo loro si amano. E si odiano, a modo loro si odiano. Il racconto di una notte “ folle” on the road, mentre i due coniugi si mettono in viaggio per andare a prendere i figli al campeggio alla fine delle vacanze Leggi tutto

Dated. As in, everybody smokes. Rye whiskey; make it a double. When it's warm, you drive with the windows open even if it's pouring rain. The rapist is brought to the hospital, in handcuffs, and shown to the victim so she can identify him; when he leaves, the news photographers are brought in to tak 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

There was a genuine weirdness for most of this that you look for in great literature. The novel is set in the 1950s. A typical middle class couple, Steve and Nancy, meet at a Long Island bar for a drink, before heading up to Maine -- it's Labor Day weekend, and the traffic sucks -- to pick up their

Ένα από τα πιο καλογραμμένα 'σκληρά' μυθιστορήματα του Σιμενόν, όπου καταγράφεται η νευρωτική ζωή στην αμερικάνικη μεγαλούπολη με την εφιαλτική κίνηση στις απέραντες λεωφόρους και την έλλειψη επικοινωνίας στους ανθρώπους που προκάλεσε η μεταπολεμική βιομηχανοποίηση και η πρόοδος της τεχνολογίας. Υπά Leggi tutto