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Goldsboro Books

Magnet of Doom

Magnet of Doom

by Georges Simenon

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Genre: Crime

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    Near-fine first edition with slight push-in to spine and light curl to corners. In a good unclipped dust jacket with chipping to spine, and tape to bottom of spine where a repair has been attempted.

About the book

An ageing giant of commerce, a hunted man, and his ambitious secretary travel America, but the secretary, envying the riches and power of his master, means to step into his shoes...

About the Author

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.


Simenon's first novel, Au Pont des Arches, was written in June 1919 and published in 1921 under his "G. Sim" pseudonym. Writing as "Monsieur Le Coq", he also published more than 800 humorous pieces between November 1919 and December 1922.


From 1921 to 1934 he used a total of 17 pen names while writing 358 novels and short stories.

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