The Mahé Circle
Le Cercle des Mahé (1946), translated as The Mahé Circle, is a novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon; it is one of the author's self-described roman durs or "hard novels" to distinguish it from his romans populaires or "popular novels," which are primarily mysteries that usually feature his famous Inspector Maigret character. The book is divided into eight chapters: "The Doctor versus the Péqouis," "The Legionnaire's Return," "The Garden Gate," "Elisabeth's Fall," "Péchade's Letter," "The Burial at Saint-Hilaire," "A Visit to the Ramparts," and "Victory to the Péqouis," and is written using the third person narrative mode.