Ep. 83 La tête d'un homme

Hosts Christopher Funderburg and John Cribbs dig into the work of
the Belgian author Georges Simenon via his crime novel La tête d’un
homme, featuring his wildly popular character Inspector Maigret.
The ultra-prolific Simenon wrote 11 novels in 1931, the year that
he wrote La tête, and rarely slowed down during his legendary
career - even at the reduced pace of his later years, he would
purportedly write a novel in 11 days. La tête d’un homme (also
known as A Man’s Head or Maigret’s War of Nerves) begins with the
story of a prisoner escaping from prison... with the unexpected
help of Maigret. From there, it builds to a confrontation with a
criminal whose manner & belief system disturbs the detective on
a profound level. It’s a classic of detective fiction - we discuss
its place in culture, the film adaptations, and how to approach
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twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro music: Unleash the Bastards /
“Tea for Two”
 Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas"