Georges Simenon. Inspector Maigret Omnibus 1. Penguin. n.d. ( 2014). Hardback. No dj. probably as issued. VG cond. No markings though minor marks on cloth cover. Ill. with b & w ph. of the dj. of each of the four novels and b & w ph. of Simenon at the back. Contains: 1. Pietr the Latvian (1930) translated by Davis Bellos ( 2013) 2. The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (1931) translated by Linda Coverdale (2013). 3. The Carter of La Providence (1931) translated by David Coward (2014). 4. The Grand Banks Cafe (1931) translated by David Coward (2014). The Volume also contains an Interview with Simenon by Carvel Collins published by The Paris Review (1955) entitled The Art of Fiction. 533 pp. One of the many popular Simenon Omnibuses, this one all Maigret stories and early ones at that. As usual they are all quite short, none more than 150 pages, even with the spacious print size adopted. Pietr the Latvian is in fact the very first Maigret and the first to be published (in magazine form) under