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A review by santorini
The Carter of La Providence by Georges Simenon
4.0
There is a certain type of book that I enjoy but I can't explain why. Georges Simenon, John Le Carre, Eric Ambler and perhaps Anita Brookner can be included. The first three are crime, spy and thriller respectively and the fourth is very much not. The thing they have in common is that they are bleak and grey and quite pessimistic about the human condition.
I like to think that I am if not optimistic then hopeful about people and so perhaps the reason I come back to these writers is because they are truthful and that in order to be better we need at first to be honest about our weaknesses.
Or it might just be that they are really well written.
I like to think that I am if not optimistic then hopeful about people and so perhaps the reason I come back to these writers is because they are truthful and that in order to be better we need at first to be honest about our weaknesses.
Or it might just be that they are really well written.