When I Was Old

An intimate, unsparing and often moving autobiographical insight into Georges Simenon’s extraordinary life

In 1960, 1961 and 1962, for personal reasons, or for reasons I don’t know myself, I began feeling old, and I began keeping notebooks.

Here in notebooks that were never intended for publication, Simenon reflects on his life in some of the most candid revelations ever written. He reflects on his past - his childhood in Liege, the wild parties in Paris and travels around the world - and also examines his motivations and his attitude to work.