A Battle of Nerves

A Battle of Nerves
First edition
Author	Georges Simenon
Original title	La Tête d'un homme
Translator	Geoffrey Sainsbury
Country	Belgium
Language	French
Series	Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre	Detective fiction
Publisher	Fayard
Publication date	1931
Published in English	1939
Media type	Print
Preceded by	The Crime of Inspector Maigret
Followed by	Maigret and the Yellow Dog

A Battle of Nerves (French: La Tête d'un homme, also known as A Man's Head) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It was one of the most successful of the early titles and among the first Maigrets to be filmed.^[1]

Adaptations

La tête d'un homme (1933)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)

References

Maigret

Novels	The Strange Case of Peter the Lett The Crime at Lock 14 The Death of Monsieur Gallet The Crime of Inspector Maigret A Battle of Nerves Maigret and the Yellow Dog Maigret at the Crossroads Maigret in Holland The Sailors' Rendezvous Maigret at the Gai-Moulin Guinguette by the Seine The Shadow in the Courtyard Maigret Goes Home The Flemish Shop Death of a Harbour Master The Madman of Bergerac Liberty Bar The Lock at Charenton Maigret Returns Maigret and the Hotel Majestic Maigret in Exile Maigret and the Spinster To Any Lengths Maigret and the Toy Village Maigret's Rival Maigret in Retirement Maigret in New York A Summer Holiday Maigret's Dead Man Maigret's First Case My Friend Maigret Maigret and the Coroner Maigret and the Old Lady Madame Maigret's Own Case Maigret's Memoirs Maigret and the Strangled Stripper Maigret Takes a Room Maigret and the Burglar's Wife Inspector Maigret and the Killers Maigret's Revolver Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard Maigret Afraid Maigret's Mistake Maigret Goes to School Inspector Maigret and the Dead Girl Maigret and the Minister Maigret and the Headless Corpse Maigret Sets a Trap Maigret's Failure Maigret's Little Joke Maigret and the Millionaires Maigret Has Scruples Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses Maigret Has Doubts Maigret in Court Maigret in Society Maigret and the Lazy Burglar Maigret and the Black Sheep Maigret and the Saturday Caller Maigret and the Dosser Maigret Loses His Temper Maigret and the Ghost Maigret on the Defensive The Patience of Maigret Maigret and the Nahour Case Maigret's Pickpocket Maigret in Vichy Maigret Hesitates Maigret's Boyhood Friend Maigret and the Killer Maigret and the Wine Merchant Maigret and the Mad Woman Maigret and the Loner Maigret and the Flea Maigret and Monsieur Charles

Short stories	The Barge with Two Hanging Bodies The Affair of the Boulevard Beaumarchais The Open Window Inspector Maigret Hesitates Jeumont, 51 Minutes' Wait! Inspector Maigret's War of Nerves Journey into Time Rue Pigalle The Stronger Vessel The Old Lady of Bayeux The Inn of the Drowned Stan the Killer At the Étoile du Nord Storm in the Channel Maigret and the Frightened Dressmaker Inspector Maigret and the Missing Miniatures The Unlikely M. Owen The Group at the Grand Café The Man on the Run Under the Hammer Death Threats Maigret's Pipe Not the Sort to Get Murdered Elusive Witness The Most Obstinate Man in Paris Maigret and the Surly Inspector Maigret's Christmas

Adaptations	1960 TV series Italian TV series 1992 TV series 2016 TV series

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