To Any Lengths (other English-language titles are Maigret and the Fortuneteller and Signed, Picpus; French: Signé Picpus) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.

To Any Lengths
AuthorGeorges Simenon
Original titleFrench: Signé Picpus
TranslatorGeoffrey Sainsbury, David Coward
LanguageFrench
SeriesInspector Jules Maigret
GenreDetective fiction, Crime fiction
PublisherGallimard
Publication date
1944
Publication placeBelgium
Published in English
1950
Media typePrint
Preceded byMaigret and the Spinster 
Followed byMaigret and the Toy Village 

Translations

edit

The book has been translated three times into English: in 1950 as To Any Lengths and in 1989 as Maigret and the Fortuneteller translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury and in 2015 as Signed, Picpus translated by David Coward.[1]

Adaptations

edit

The novel has been adapted several times for cinema and television:[2]

In French
In Italian
  • 1965: as L'affare Picpus, with Gino Cervi in the main role;
In English
In Japanese
  • 1978: as Keishi to satsujin yōkoku, with Kinya Aikawa in Maigret's role;

Literature

edit
  • Maurice Piron, Michel Lemoine, L'Univers de Simenon, guide des romans et nouvelles (1931-1972) de Georges Simenon, Presses de la Cité, 1983, p. 298-299 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)
edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Publication history at trussel.com.; retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. ^ Film history at trussel.com.; retrieved 20 February 2023.