The Terracotta Dog
£10.99
by Camilleri, Andrea | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 20/08/2020 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of the Inspector Montalbano mysteries series
Paperback | 352 pages
Description
Set in Sicily, The Terracotta Dog is the second novel in the humorous Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri.
*Adapted for BBC4’s Inspector Montalbano series*After a cloak and dagger exchange with an ageing Mafioso, Inspector Montalbano is left haunted by the man’s dying words, which lead him to a mountainside just west of Vigàta where he unearths two young lovers, dead fifty years and still embracing, watched over by a life-size terracotta dog.
Heedless of personal danger, Montalbano’s drive to solve this old crime forces him on a journey through Sicily’s World War II history and to the dark heart of one family . . .
The Terracotta Dog is followed by the third title in this satirical series, The Snack Thief.
Additional information
| Weight | 244 g |
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| Dimensions | 129 × 196 × 25 mm |
