Tropic Moon

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Newly translated for this edition.A young Frenchman, Joseph Timar, travels to Gabon carrying a letter of introduction from an influential uncle He wants work experience he wants to see the world But in the oppressive heat and glare of the equator, Timar doesn t know what to do with himself, and no one seems inclined to help except Ad le, the hotel owner s wife, who takes him to bed one day and rebuffs him the next, leaving him sick with desire But then, in the course of a single night, Ad le s husband dies and a black servant is shot, and Timar is sure that Ad le is involved He ll cover for the crime if she ll do what he wants The fix is in But Timar can t even begin to imagine how deep.In Tropic Moon, Simenon, the master of the psychological novel, offers an incomparable picture of degeneracy and corruption in a colonial outpost. Best Download [ Tropic Moon ] Author [ Georges Simenon ] – kino-fada.fr Joseph Timar, 23 years old, from a good bourgeois family in provincial France, lands at Libreville, Gabon, to take up a job at a timber company The job had been arranged by his distinguished uncle, a well known politician That the uncle is such a well known person certainly opens doors for Timar, but it does nothing to elevate his loneliness or make him a popular person with the woodloggers, the only white people in the area who frequent the hotel where he is staying The hotel is run with a c Joseph Timar, 23 years old, from a good bourgeois family in provincial France, lands at Libreville, Gabon, to take up a job at a timber company The job had been arranged by his distinguished uncle, a well known politician That the uncle is such a well known person certainly opens doors for Timar, but it does nothing to elevate his loneliness or make him a popular person with the woodloggers, the only white people in the area who frequent the hotel where he is staying The hotel is run with a competent hand by Adele, a French lady who wears the same black silk dress every day and nothing underneath Clearly, Adele is the absolute ruler of the expat community in Libreville Timar is in awe, obsessed and spiteful towards Adele Being an innocent provincial boy, this environment of seduction, abhorrence and lust drives him over the edge, derengue fever attacks do not help and heavy drinking tops it off A murder is committed and everyone knows who the killer is Nobody cares because it is a bl....A deliciously compressed little colonial nightmare Less apocalyptic in tone than that otherculturally entrenched literary work of anti colonialism Heart of Darkness, but infinitelyinsidious One can almost sense th...Le coup de lune titolo intrigante , promettente e invecemaddechLa storia esile e confusa ,il protagonista un babbeo infantile e istericoQuesto romanzo gronda sudore gronda meschinit e maschilismo alla ennesima potenza del colonialismo Au revoir monsieu...Reading an early Simenon mystery today is as much entertainment as it is a trip into the past This in especially true for Tropic Moon Coup de lune , originally published in 1933, one of three novels set in Africa It was also an early example of Simenon s romans durs psychological dramas rather than a Maigret type detective story that Simenon has been famous for Having traveled and worked in several countries in Africa for much of 1932, Simenon s personal exposure to the harsh realities Reading an early Simenon mystery today is as much entertainment as it is a trip into the past This in especially true for Tropic Moon Coup de lune , originally published in 1933, one of three novels set in Africa It was also an early example of Simenon s romans durs psychological dramas rather than a Maigret type detective story that Simenon has been famous for Having traveled and worked in several countries in Africa for much of 1932, Simenon s personal exposure to the harsh realities of French colonialism are, without doubt, manifest in this brief, intense, yet remarkable and very readable book.The title of the novel hints at the story s intricacy A term made up in analogy to coup de soleil sunstroke , coup de lune suggests moon stroke , inviting a comparison between the two in terms of the debilitating intensity on those exposed to it The victim here is Joseph Timar, twenty three years old, arriving in Gabon then part of French Equatorial Afr..., ,,, ,, ,,, , , , , , , , ,, ,, , , , , , , , ,, ,, , , , Okay, I am entirely unsure how this Simenon escaped me for so long, especially considering there is little I lovethan mental metaphysical physiological unraveling deep in the swarthy throes of hostile geography that we MUST confront such intensity even though we know it s only going to lead us to madness, malaria, parasites both metaphorical and too squirming through the intestines perhaps foreverto shuck comfort just to come out of the slime with a story to tellwe should always g Okay, I am entirely unsure how this Simenon escaped me for so long, especially considering there is little I lovethan mental metaphysical physiological unraveling deep in the swarthy throes of hostile geography that we MUST confront such intensity even though we know it s only going to lead us to madness, malaria, parasites both metaphorical and too squirming through the intestines perhaps foreverto...You know that feeling when you are slightly hungover clammy, mild smell of off spirits about you, small headache behind your eyes that s threatening to erupt and you are stuck somewhere claustrophobic, overly warm, and inescapable Such as a meeting room or a bus No windows can be opened, the heating is too high, there are too many people in the space, you just have to make it through before you pass out or succumb to building nausea that wasn t there before you ...BlackSimenon, the author of over 100 stories featuring Inspector Maigret, did not abandon his skills as a crime writer when writing his serious novels, or romans durs, of which Tropic Moon 1933 is one of the first There is the same laconic straightforward style, the same ability to capture the atmosphere of a setting in a few sentences, and the same interest in those dark areas that lie outside the law There is a murder here, quite early on in the book, but Simenon s focus is not on who comm BlackSimenon, the author of over 100 stories featuring Inspector Maigret, did not abandon his skills as a crime writer when writing his serious novels, or romans durs, of which Tropic Moon 1933 is one of the first Th...A well connected young man with a weak character goes to Gabon to make his fortune in the Colonies The young man, Joseph Timar, takes up with Adele Renaud, an innkeeper whose husband dies right around the same time that she is suspected of the murder of a black named Thomas Tropic Moon is the first of Georges Simenon s romans durs to be set outside of France.Despite being warned by his politico uncle back in France to beware of partnerships, he takes up with Adele to run a lumber concession A well connected young man with a weak character goes to Gabon to make his fortune in the Colonies The young man, Joseph Timar, takes up with Adele Renaud, an innkeeper whose husband dies right around the sa...

Tropic Moon
  • English
  • 03 August 2017
  • Paperback
  • 134 pages
  • 159017111X
  • Georges Simenon
  • Tropic Moon