The Scent of the Night
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 First edition (Italy) | |
| Author | Andrea Camilleri |
|---|---|
| Original title | L'odore della notte |
| Translator | Stephen Sartarelli |
| Country | Italy, Sicily |
| Language | Italian/Sicilian |
| Series | Inspector Salvo Montalbano, #6 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan/Picador |
Publication date | 2001 (orig.) & 2005 (Eng. trans. ) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-330-44217-1 (Eng. trans.) |
| OCLC | 71347307 |
| Preceded by | Excursion to Tindari |
| Followed by | Rounding the Mark |
The Scent of the Night (Italian: L'odore della notte) is a 2001 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2005 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the sixth novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series.[1][2][3]
Plot summary
Inspector Montalbano must track down a lost financial manager who seems to have absconded with all of his clients money. Along the way, he encounters a lovelorn secretary who believes her boss could do no wrong.
Trivia
The novel openly cites Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily".[4]
References
- ↑ Peter Bondanella. The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2003. pp. 227–8. ISBN 0521669626.
- ↑ Redazione (27 June 2001). "Montalbano torna in libreria Già prenotate 250 mila copie". La Repubblica. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ↑ Antonio Debenedetti (22 July 2001). "Montalbano a caccia di un ragioniere". Corriere della Sera. p. 32. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ↑ Lucia Rinaldi, Elizabeth Foxwell. Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction. McFarland & Company, 2012. pp. 107–8,. ISBN 0786446706.
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