To Any Lengths

To Any Lengths

Author	Georges Simenon
Original title	French: Signé Picpus
Translator	Geoffrey Sainsbury, David Coward
Language	French
Series	Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre	Detective fiction, Crime fiction
Publisher	Gallimard
Publication date	1944
Publication place	Belgium
Published in English	1950
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Maigret and the Spinster
Followed by	Maigret and the Toy Village

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 iconic character Inspector Jules Maigret of the French Judicial Police.

Translations

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.

Adaptations

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

In French

• 1968: as Signé Picpus, with Jean Richard in the lead role;
• 2003: as Signé Picpus, with Bruno Cremer;

In Italian

• 1965: as L'affare Picpus, with Gino Cervi in the main role;

In English

• 1962: as The Crystal Ball, with Rupert Davies;

In Japanese

• 1978: as Keishi to satsujin yōkoku, with Kinya Aikawa in Maigret's role;

Literature

• 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)

External links

• Maigret at trussel.com

References