 First edition | |
| Author | Georges Simenon |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Tête d'un homme |
| Translator | Geoffrey Sainsbury |
| Language | French |
| Series | Inspector Jules Maigret |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Fayard |
Publication date | 1931 |
| Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 1939 |
| Media type | |
| 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, featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. Published in 1931, it is one of the earliest of Simenon's "Maigret" novels, and one of eleven he had published that year.
It was one of the most successful of the early titles and among the first Maigrets to be filmed.