INTERVIEW
The French connection
Commissaire Jules Maigret of the Police Judiciaire de Paris does not solve crimes, he solves people.
That is the essence of the world-weary yet doggedly determined detective, who operates in a period where the police could rely on hunches and evaluate suspects while dropping in on-duty to a bar for a Cavaldos or two.
Between 1931 and 1972, Georges Simenon published books about Maigret at a prolific rate: 75 novels and 28 short stories, selling over 80 million books. The success