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Riccardino
The Inspector Montalbano Mysteries (Book 28)
- Author
- Andrea Camilleri
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 13 November 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The long-awaited last novel in the transporting and beloved New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano series
Montalbano receives an early-morning phone call, but this time it’s not Catarella announcing a murder, but a man called Riccardino who’s dialed a wrong number and asks him when he’ll be arriving at the meeting. Montalbano, in irritation, says: “In ten minutes.” Shortly after, he gets another call, this one announcing the customary murder. A man has been shot and killed outside a bar in front of his three friends. It turns out to be the same man who called him.
Thus begins an intricate investigation further complicated by phone calls from “the Author” in a tour de force of metafiction and Montalbano’s last case.
Critics Review
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“Incisive wit colors this insightful and intriguing farewell. The sad, poetic ending is perfect.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“The long-running and much-loved Salvo Montalbano series, set in Vigàta, Sicily, concludes with an astonishing, meta-infused narrative that integrates the series’ creator, Camilleri himself, into the story…What follows will delight Camilleri’s legions of fans, many of whom have long felt a meta-infused connection of their own with Montalbano, his friends and colleagues, and the world of Vigàta.”
Booklist (starred review)
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“Camilleri's series finale busts out of the traditional mystery genre to give fans an inspiring, thoughtful, and humorous farewell to a beloved character.”
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Details
- Author
- Andrea Camilleri
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Duration
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 November 2021
- ISBN
- 9781665105958
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
The long-awaited last novel in the transporting and beloved New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano seriesMontalbano receives an early-morning phone call, but this time it’s not Catarella announcing a murder, but a man called Riccardino who’s dialed a wrong number and asks him when he’ll be arriving at the meeting. Montalbano, in irritation, says: “In ten minutes.” Shortly after, he gets another call, this one announcing the customary murder. A man has been shot and killed outside a bar in front of his three friends. It turns out to be the same man who called him.Thus begins an intricate investigation further complicated by phone calls from “the Author” in a tour de force of metafiction and Montalbano’s last case.
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