Georges Simenon

La camera azzurra

I see what the author was trying to accomplish with this book but I feel like it never really got to me.

The French setting, the suspence, the plot that thickens… are all aspects that were indeed present, but not to the right extent.

I feel like that for a book with a project as ambitious as this one, at least 150 pages more were definitely needed.

Teresa Cervone

I see what the author was trying to accomplish with this book but I feel like it never really got to me.

The French setting, the suspence, the plot that thickens… are all aspects that were indeed present, but not to the right extent.

I feel like that for a book with a project as ambitious as this one, at least 150 pages more were definitely needed.

Denise La Greca

Questo libro è davvero molto osannato, io lo ritengo una lettura piacevole ma non mi ha lasciato molto.

Saré

'Quiet, subtle, tense...singularly powerful' The New York Times Book Review

The Blue Room

Gordon McLean

How do you take a fairly standard crime story and make it something new? 

In this novel, we follow the events that unfold around Tony - a strangely likeable if flawed man. From his affair to the murder of his lovers husband, we are taken through the events that unfold through his puzzled eyes. It's a wonderful piece of writing, and whilst Tony remains the central character and we are taken through his reasoning and world view in detail, the rest of the characters are equally alive.

A wonderful example of a simple story, cleverly told.

Virginia L

Anna Scibelli

Emma Tamburrini

“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian Master novelist Georges Simenon’s critically acclaimed tale of the destructive power of lust and guilt “He felt no resentment towards Andree for biting his lip. In the context of their lovemaking, it had its place.” For Tony and Andree, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the Hotel des Voyageurs. Their adulterous affair is intoxicating, passionate—and dangerous. It soon turns into a nightmare from which there can be no escape. Heart-pounding and high-stakes, The Blue Room is a stylish and sensual psychological thriller that weaves a story of cruelty, reckless lust, and relentless guilt.

La camera azzurra

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