In this series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on the page and on screen.
When I first heard that Rowan Atkinson was to put on Maigret’s velvet-collared overcoat, I wondered if it was
une farce. Johnny English in the role of Paris’s best-known detective, a bulky, stocky and rather taciturn policeman! What a terrible miscast, I thought.
When I watched the film, I was expecting at any time for Mr Bean to take over – sticking out his tongue or exploding his pipe.
I grew up with Maigret, Georges Simenon’s character. I was introduced to him via television, with actors such as Jean Richard or Bruno Cremer. Then I hungrily read his books. Not all of them – the writing of the Maigret saga extends over more than 40 years, presenting the
My favourite detective: Jules Maigret, the Paris detective with a pipe but no pretense
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