Act of Passion /
by Georges Simenon. Trans. by Louise Varese.
- [S.l.] : Penguin Books, c1947, 1986.
- 217 p ; 20 cm.
Charles Alavoine, a married doctor leading a quiet life in a country town, is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility until he meets Martine, a woman who awakens Charles from his dull existence.
Adultery--Fiction. Married men--Fiction. Mistresses--Crimes against. Physician--Fiction.