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Original title French: Le Chien jaune Language French Published in English 1939 Publisher Fayard | 3.6/5 Goodreads Country Belgium Publication date 1931 Originally published 1931 Genre Detective fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series Inspector Jules Maigret Followed by The Night at the Crossroads Preceded by The Crime of Inspector Maigret, A Battle of Nerves Similar Georges Simenon books, Jules Maigret books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maigret and the Yellow Dog (French: Le Chien jaune) is a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Contents
Overview
M. Mostaguen, the wine dealer at Concarneau, is wounded by a gunshot when returning home drunk from the local Admiral Hotel and Maigret, who is organizing the mobile squad in Rennes, is called in by the Mayor to solve the crime. Maigret settles down at the hotel and discovers a set of curious characters who include Jean Servières, a retired newspaper man from Paris; Ernest Michoux, a doctor who has never practiced; Emma, the mysterious and complicated waitress at the hotel, and a strange yellow dog that seems to be haunting the neighborhood. The customs official is shot in the leg, Servières disappears and is found and brought back, and a giant vagrant is arrested before Maigret solves the case.
Publishing history
The novel was originally published in French in 1931 as Le Chien jaune and published by Fayard. The first English translation, translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury, was published by George Routledge & Sons in 1939 as A Face for a Clue. It was also reissued (by Severn House) as Maigret and the Concarneau Murders in 1980. The current translation, Maigret and the Yellow Dog, is by Linda Asher and was first published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1987 and as The Yellow Dog in London in 2003 (Penguin Books).
Adaptations
The book was first filmed in 1932 in France as The Yellow Dog. It was directed by Jean Tarride with Abel Tarride as Maigret.
A French TV adaptation aired on 24 February 1968 as part of the series Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret. Jean Richard played the lead role. The same series adapted the book a second time on 13 March 1988, with Jean Richard repeating his part.