…“ La primera fase de aproximación al esclarecimiento de una obra es semejante a la forma como el inspector Maigret, creado por Simenon, se acerca cautelosamente y sin prisas al esclarecimiento de un crimen. A través de un mugriento café con olor a Calvados, alguna frase escuchada al azar o una imagen fugaz, un flemático policía construye con minuciosa artesanía la escena del crimen, el móvil y la figura del autor.
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Garbled ramblings on a life of clear speaking
One of the questions I was asked when I said I was retiring was: “And would you do it all again, if you were starting out now?”
One of those questions it’s impossible to answer, of course. I’d be tempted to follow the example of the man who, when asked which way it was to Tipperary, (or was it Steenokkerzeel? Or Chipping Sudbury?), replied: “If I was you, I wouldn’t be starting from here.”