Commissioner Maigret celebrates 90 years of existence this year. For the occasion, Omnibus publishes the integral. Ten volumes, ten awesome cobblestones. And among the 75 novels and 28 novels, there is a famous story: The yellow dog .
Murder in Brittany
We are in November, in Concarneau, in southern Finistère. It is night, it is 11 pm and the only lights still on are those of the Hotel Admiral, the best hotel in the city. Some customers - always the same, 4 friends - have lingered to remake the world, again, and play a little cards. One of the customers comes out, he staggers a little, he tries to kindle his cigar in the doorway, but suddenly he collapses. We just shot him at close range. The next day, Maigret disembarks. He begins his investigations with the other three friends. The beginning of the investigation ...
The title is also enigmatic
From the beginning, a dog, dirty yellow, hangs around. Nobody knows who he belongs to. He has a ghost side and he will play his role too. He is an important person. And that's the strength of Simenon: first look at the characters and the atmosphere. Maigret has become a literary myth thanks to this. The yellow dog dates from 1931. From that date, Simenon did not stop publishing. Dozens of Maigret and dozens of novels without the commissioner. In total, Georges Simenon has sold more than 500 million books.