The Fifth Simenon Omnibus

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L’Ami d'enfance de Maigret first published 1968 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1968 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1970 Translation copyright © Hamish Hamilton Ltd and Harcourt Brace and World Inc., 1970 Le Grand Bob first published 1954 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1954 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1969 Translation copyright © Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1969 Novembre first published 1969 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1969 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1970 Translation copyright © Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1970

Published in Penguin Books 1972 Reprinted 1975

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