An edition of L' homme qui regardait passer les trains (1938)

Der Mann, der den Zügen nachsah

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An edition of L' homme qui regardait passer les trains (1938)

Der Mann, der den Zügen nachsah

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  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
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  • 17 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

An unusual crime thriller about a seemingly respectable man who commits a murder in his home town of Groningen in Holland and then goes on the run. Imagining himself to be a criminal genius he plays a cat-and-mouse game with the police via the newspapers as he travels across Europe, finally ending up in Paris, where he becomes infatuated with a prostitute.

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Diogenes Verlag
Language
German
Pages
278

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Subjects
Identity (Pyschology), Murder, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Crime thrillers, Maigret, jules (fictitious character), fiction, Paris (france), fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), France, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Places
Groningen, Holland, Belgium, Paris, France
Times
1930's

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Cover of: Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Man Who Watched Trains Go By
2006, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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Cover of: The man who watched trains go by
The man who watched trains go by
2005, New York Review Books
in English
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Cover of: Der Mann, der den Zügen nachsah.
Der Mann, der den Zügen nachsah.
June 1, 2002, Diogenes
Hardcover in German
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Cover of: L'Homme qui regardait passer les trains
L'Homme qui regardait passer les trains
1983, Edito-Service, [Diffusion Guilde du disque]
in French
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Der Mann, der den Zügen nachsah
1981, Diogenes Verlag
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Published in
Zürich, Switzerland
Translation Of
L’homme qui regardait passer les trains
Translated From
French

Contributors

Translator
Walter Schürenberg

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
278 S.
Number of pages
278
Dimensions
7.1 x 4.6 x 0.8 inches
Weight
8.2 ounces

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Open Library
OL9528591M
Internet Archive
dermannderdenzge00sime
ISBN 10
3257208154
ISBN 13
9783257208153
Library Thing
547800
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6422559

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