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DARK SECRETS: Georges simenon | Vintage Vibes

Literary escapes: your favourite trips inspired by books

From Dervla Murphy’s Northern Ireland to Elena Ferrante’s Naples, readers share the stories that inspired them to travel • Tell us about a trip to Europe’s lakes and mountains – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucher

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Parallel Tales review – Isabelle Huppert pens furtive sexual fantasy for Vincent Cassel in Asghar Farhadi’s latest

Cannes film festival: Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi returns to France with this intriguing middleweight meta-drama featuring a cameo from Catherine Deneuve

The Guardian - UK

Béla Tarr, Hungarian director of Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, dies aged 70

The internationally acclaimed film-maker was renowned for beautifully shot cinematic epics

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The Cat by Georges Simenon review – Maigret author’s tale of a toxic marriage

The Belgian author’s genius comes to the fore in a dark domestic drama

The Guardian - UK

How to watch 'Maigret' online for FREE and from anywhere

A three-story, six episode modern reimagining of the famous brooding detective. Here's how to watch "Maigret" online and from anywhere in the world.

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‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more

From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year

The Guardian - UK

TV’s latest, young, hip, French detective? Mais oui … it’s Maigret

Georges Simenon’s pipe-smoking, trenchcoat-clad, shabby sleuth has been given a Parisian makeover

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Ferdia Lennon: ‘I was tired of Merchant Ivory accents’

The recent winner of the Waterstones debut fiction prize on literary friendships, the lucidity of Georges Simenon and Irish writing’s debt to the financial crash

The Guardian - UK

Five super short, super satisfying books to bring on holiday

At 150 pages or less, these novels will eat up less of your baggage allowance than an extra pair of sandals

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Ian Rankin: ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a perfect gem of a story’

The crime writer on being fascinated by A Clockwork Orange, inspired by Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and taking comfort in Muriel Spark’s novel

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