persey 's review for:

Red Lights by Georges Simenon

2.0

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Simenon packed so much into this slight work: driving along the east coast on a summer Friday, marital dynamics, frustrated masculinity, alcoholism, and the discontents of the good life in 50s America, especially New York. I gobbled it in one sitting.

And then: the wife's rape is both epiphany for the husband and is to serve as the catalyst for their improved, happier marriage. Faugh. My reaction is outrage. Even for a book of its time, this offends.