The Bells of Bicetre Author:Georges Simenon Yesterday Rene Maugras, director of a large newspaper, was one — of the most important men in Paris. Today he lies in the Bicetre Hospital, victim of a near fatal stroke. Georges — Simenon captures, as no one else has ever done, the thoughts, — feelings, and emotions of a man who struggles back from — death to life - a life of great power and little... more » meaning, of