A new translation of this novel set in a claustrophobic provincial town, part of the Inspector Maigret series. Maigret is drawn into the orbit of the self-made, mercurial Ducrau, as the latter's past catches up with him Cars drove past along with the trucks and trams, but by now Maigret had realised that they were not important. Whatever roared by like this along the road was not part of the landscape...
