The Patience of the Spider
Author: Camilleri, Andrea
ISBN: 9780143112037
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 24 Apr 2007
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
b>b>"You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven't read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood - altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano." A.J. Finn, #1i>New York Times/i>bestselling author ofi>The Woman in the Window/i>/b>/b>br>br> Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri's crime novels are classics of the genre. Set once again in Sicily, i>The Patience of the Spider/i> pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet- the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in i>Rounding the Mark/i>, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit he's ever hunted. A mystery unlike any other, this emotionally taut story brings the Montalbano saga to a captivating crossroads.
ISBN: 9780143112037
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 24 Apr 2007
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
b>b>"You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven't read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood - altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano." A.J. Finn, #1i>New York Times/i>bestselling author ofi>The Woman in the Window/i>/b>/b>br>br> Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri's crime novels are classics of the genre. Set once again in Sicily, i>The Patience of the Spider/i> pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet- the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in i>Rounding the Mark/i>, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit he's ever hunted. A mystery unlike any other, this emotionally taut story brings the Montalbano saga to a captivating crossroads.
