Georges Simenon

Le Bourgmestre de Furnes is a Belgian novel by Georges Simenon. It was first published in 1939.

Newly translated for this edition.A young Frenchman, Joseph Timar, travels to Gabon carrying a letter of introduction from an influential uncle. He wants work experience; he wants to see the world. But in the oppressive heat and glare of the equator, Timar doesn't know what to do with himself, and no one seems …