false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170251442m/44147.jpg 44147 12 Kees Popinga is a solid Dutch burgher whose idea of a night on the town is a game of chess at his club. Or so it has always appeared. But one night this model husband and devoted father discovers his boss is bankrupt and that his own carefully tended life is in ruins. Before, he had looked on impassively as the trains to the outside world swept by; now he catches the first train he can to Amsterdam. Not long after that, he commits murder.<br><br>Kees Popinga is tired of being Kees Popinga. He's going to turn over a new leaf&#8212;though there will be hell to pay. 161221 1936 The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (New York Review Books Classics) total:145|5:39|4:65|3:35|2:3|1:3| 145 569 246 19 5 5 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 17:31:43 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 18:12:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Feb 09 12:19:32 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 08:32:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 17 19:20:32 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 13:01:40 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 11 08:38:47 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 07:19:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 08 08:13:43 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 01 08:02:30 -0700 2009 He was a quiet man. That’s what they always say about the guy who one day picks up an axe and wipes out the whole family. Kees Popinga, the central character of Georges Simenon’s The Man Who Watched Trains Go By, is just such a fellow. He’s got everything dialed nice and tight. He’s obsessed...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 21:14:21 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 21:21:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 05 09:17:28 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 09:27:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 04 15:21:45 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 15:54:43 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 15:21:45 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Dec 17 08:33:07 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 08:34:21 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 20:04:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:22:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 24 10:30:19 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 14 09:36:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 22 08:59:13 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 02 08:01:06 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 08:07:32 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 08:09:36 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 12:44:19 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 02:57:15 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Jun 30 02:04:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 02:05:01 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jul 29 16:12:45 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 16:14:18 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Feb 24 13:12:12 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 24 13:13:46 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 07:48:16 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 10:56:24 -0700 2008 http://electric-pages.livejournal.com/81...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 28 03:59:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 04:00:14 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Nov 20 10:51:06 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 10:51:06 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=44147