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Maigret on the Defensive

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Maigret on the Defensive
First edition
AuthorGeorges Simenon
Original titleMaigret se défend
TranslatorAlastair Hamilton
LanguageFrench
SeriesInspector Jules Maigret
Release number
63
GenreDetective fiction
Published1964
PublisherPresses de la Cité, Hamish Hamilton
Publication date
1964
Published in English
1966
Media typePrint
Preceded byMaigret and the Ghost 
Followed byThe Patience of Maigret 

Maigret on the Defensive (French: Maigret se défend) is a 1964 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. The novel was first published in English in 1966 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., translated by Alastair Hamilton. In 2019, this novel was reissued in English by Penguin under the title Maigret Defends Himself (ISBN 9780241304068), newly translated by Howard Curtis.

Plot

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Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night.

Adaptations

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The story has been adapted several times for film and television. In 1993 it was made into an episode of an ITV Maigret series starring Michael Gambon.[1]

References

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