Georges Simenon: El Hombre Que Miraba Pasar Los Trenes (Paperback, Spanish language, 2002, Tusquets)
Paperback
Spanish language
Published June 19, 2002 by Tusquets.
An unusual crime thriller about a seemingly respectable man who commits a murder in his home town of Groningen in Holland and then goes on the run. Imagining himself to be a criminal genius he plays a cat-and-mouse game with the police via the newspapers as he travels across Europe, finally ending up in Paris, where he becomes infatuated with a prostitute.
Really brief good hard case novel. Totally unlikable protagonist who is a sociopath. Delving into his psyche. Reminds me a lot of Camus, especially the Fall.
