When I Was Old

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An intimate, unsparing and often moving autobiographical insight into Georges Simenon's extraordinary life In 1960, 1961 and 1962, for personal reasons, or for reasons I don't know myself, I began feeling old, and I began keeping notebooks. Here in notebooks that were never intended for publication, Simenon reflects on his life in some of the most candid revelations ever written. He reflects on his past - his childhood in Liege, the wild parties in Paris and travels around the world - and also examines his motivations and his attitude to work.

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One of the most poignant autobiographies. -- New York Time Magazine * Leslie Garis *
Fascinating * Sunday Telegraph *
Makes you feel he's chatting to you as he would to a good friend. The Simenon of the statistics (books written, women bedded) recedes into the background and Simenon the man comes to the fore. -- Anthony Thuillier * Irish Independent *

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Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.