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xii A NOTE FOR THE READER
times his detachment is hard and the work, though extraordinarily
powerful, is without colour. The Lodger•, however, is a fine example
of this genre and one of the most compelling long-short stories of
the 'thirties, for it never loses poise or intensity from first to last,
and the reader is left with a sense of increased experience.
Georges Simenon is a prolific and therefore uneven writer, but the
stories in this volume are three of his best and most representative.
DIANA GARDNER