A review by furfff
Justice by Georges Simenon

3.0

More like 3.5. And for what it's worth, this is not a Maigret courtroom drama like the Goodreads synopsis suggests. That's another book. Anyway, this was an interesting one to read on the heels of Blind Path (from the two story collection Lost Moorings), in that both books are interested in justice and truth and the importance of context as justification for an act, but Blind Path was slavishly Dostoyevskian to the point of no joy. Justice, on the other hand, has a lot more zing in its step, with its tail of a not a good guy who has done a lot of not good things but maybe not the one not-good-thing he's on trial for. For a novel written so long ago, it's interesting/saddening to see how apropos it still feels (there's even a "gloves don't fit" moment). It does get bogged down a little in the end with the very Simenon-ish back and forth dialog that occassionally sacrifices interest for authenticity, but overall, a worthwhile read.