The Terracotta Dog
Author(s): Andrea Camilleri
The Terracotta Dog opens with a mysterious tete-a-tete with a mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist and some dying words that lead Inspector Montalbano to a secret grotto in a mountain cave where two young lovers, dead fifty years and still embracing, are watched over by a life-size terracotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him, heedless of personal danger, on a journey through the island's past and into a family's dark heart amid the horrors of World War II. With sly wit and a keen understanding of human nature, Montalbano is a detective whose earthiness, compassion and intelligence make him totally irresistible.
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'Camilleri writes with such vigour and wit that he deserves a place alongside Michael Dibdin and Donna Leon' Sunday Times
Andrea Camilleri is one of Italy's most famous contemporary writers. The Montalbano Mysteries have been best-sellers all over Europe. He lives in Rome. Stephen Sartarelli is a poet and translator. He lives in France.
General Fields
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- : Picador Books
- : Picador Books
- : 0.231
- : May 2004
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Modern fiction; Crime & mystery
- : 352
- : 853.914
- : English
- : 2
- : Paperback
- : Andrea Camilleri