Pedigree Author:Georges Simenon This naturalistic novel is autobiographic, giving a portrait of a family and Liege, its gaslight, trams, rain, and squalor. At 55 pages is It is longe compared to most of Simenon's novels. Simenon wrote the novel after a false diagnosis that had him dead in six months. Simenon wrote the book so his kids would be able to know the milieu in which... more » their father grew up.« less