Wednesday 30 August 2017

Georges Simenon: The Carter of 'La Providence'


There are all kinds of bolt-holes. Some have the smell of whisky, eau de Cologne, a woman and the sounds of gramophone records…


But it fell back again weakly, gnarled, calloused, spotted with small blue dots which must have been the vestiges of old tattoos.


He cycled over 50 kilometres without once stopping for a beer.

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