The Dance Of The Seagull (Inspector Montalbano mysteries) - Softcover

Camilleri, Andrea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447229924 ISBN 13: 9781447229926

Publisher: Mantle, 2013

Synopsis

As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Inspector Montalbano is awake at dawn, sitting on his porch, when his attention is caught by a seagull which falls from the sky, performing a strange dance, before lying down to die. Montalbano is perplexed by what he has witnessed and the scene hangs over him like an omen. About to depart for a holiday with his girlfriend Livia, Montalbano makes a quick trip to the police station to tie up loose ends. But when his dear colleague Fazio is discovered missing - and it transpires that the policeman has been involved in his own secret investigations - Montalbano instead launches a desperate search for his lost friend, as time begins to run out . . . Navigating a shadowy maze of smuggling, blackmail and the darkest murder, and moving from the docks of Vigata to its deep, dry wells where the mafia hide their terrible crimes, Inspector Montalbano must have his wits about him to unravel this tangled mystery.

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Review:

Praise for "The Dance of the Seagull" "Montalbano's 15th case features more hilarious bark and some satisfying bite."--"Kirkus Reviews" Praise for Andrea Camilleri and the Montalbano Series "There's a deliciously playful quality to the mysteries Andrea Camilleri writes about a lusty Sicilian police detective named Salvo Montalbano." -"The New York Times Book Review" "The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily."--Donna Leon "Hailing from the land of Umberto Eco and La Cosa Nostra, Montalbano can discuss a pointy-headed book like "Western Attitudes Towards Death "as unflinchingly as he can pore over crime-scene snuff photos. He throws together an extemporaneous lunch...as gracefully as he dodges advances from attractive women."--"Los Angeles"" Times" "In Sicily, where people do things as they please, Inspector Montalbano is a bona fide folk hero." -"The New York Times Book Review" "Camilleri as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is an investigator." -"The Washington Post" "Montalbano is a delightful creation, an honest man on Sicily's mean streets." -"USA"" Today" "Camilleri can do a character's whole backstory in half a paragraph." -"The New Yorker" "The books are full of sharp, precise characterizations and with subplots that make Montalbano endearingly human... Like the antipasti that Montalbano contentedly consumes, the stories are light and easily consumed, leaving one eager for the next course."--"New York"" Journal of Books" "This series is distinguished by Camilleri's remarkable feel for tragicomedy, expertly mixing light and dark in the course of producing novels that are both comforting and disturbing." -"Booklist" "Sublime and darkly humorous...Camilleri balances his hero's personal and professional challenges perfectly and leaves the

Book Description:

The inimitable Inspector Montalbano returns for his fifteenth mystery

About this edition

• Publisher: Mantle
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1447229924
• ISBN 13: 9781447229926
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288