About this title: Inspector Montalbano's case begins with a mysterious tt tt with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and dying words that lead him to an illegal arms cache in a mountain cave. There, the inspector finds two young lovers, dead for fifty years and still embracing, watched over by a life-sized terra-cotta dog.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780142002636ISBN:0142002631
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. New copy from a smoke-free environment. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780670031382ISBN:0670031380
Description: jacket illustration by Bridge, Andy. Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 192 p. Inspector Montalbano Mysteries (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. By Andrea Camilleri; ISBN: 0670031380; Pub. : Viking Adult; Pub. Date: 2002-11-11; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 15.2 oz.; First edition, first printing. Spine leans twenty degrees. All else is excellent. by Andrea Camilleri; ISBN: 0670031380; Pub. : Viking Adult; Pub. Date: 2002-11-11; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 15.2 oz.; First edition, first printing. Spine leans twenty degrees. All else is excellent. read more
Description: Very Good. 0142004723 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light discoloration due to aging and other light wear. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780142004722ISBN:0142004723
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Inspector Montalbano Mysteries (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2002-11-11
ISBN-13:9780670031382ISBN:0670031380
Description: Good. First Edition. First Printing with full numberline of 13579108642! A former library hardcover book (VG condition-looks nearly uncirculated) in protective mylar cover with the usual library markings. Clean inside and out, binding is tight and sound. Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780670031382ISBN:0670031380
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. The book looks like new! Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 192 p. Inspector Montalbano Mysteries (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good paperbacks. Two 16mo, paperbacks. edgewear, spine creases, corners worn, creases, covers. corners bumped, clean, yellowing texts with some sense of gutter stresses. mystery. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780670031382ISBN:0670031380
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Full No. Line: Spine straight, binding tight, no reader/remainder/library marks, covers/pgs flat w/sharp corners, very slight shelf wear. 340 numbered pgs. Audience: General/trade. Photos or other information on this item available by e-mail. Daily responses to orders/e-mail. E-mail confirmation of shipment. Check our feedback. read more
"This police prosedural takes place in current day Sicily. It's main character is an inspector who gets results through circuitous paths. He's given to very strong opinions about some of his underlings and lets them know about it. He's absolutley terrified of public speaking, a nice character flaw with someone otherwise so self-assured."
"The second Inspector Montalbano mystery by the Sicilian author Andrea Camilleri focuses on the discovery of two long-dead bodies in a cave and their ties to a current mystery involving the hijacking of a truck full of supermarket supplies. I was prepared to really love this Sicilian mystery - since I really love Sicily - but I felt that The Terra-Cotta Dog was strangely flat and relied to strongly on stock characters. Montalbano is a cipher, and there's no great sense of atmosphere to counteract the flatness of the characters. I'll probably stick to the late Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen novels in future and read Leonardo Sciascia for my Sicilian fix!"
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