The Scent of the Night

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The Scent of the Night
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First edition (Italy)
Author Andrea Camilleri
Original titleL'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
28 June 2001
Published in English
2005
Media typePrint (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]

Contents

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] [ why? ]

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References

  1. ↑ Peter Bondanella (2003-07-31). The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2003. pp. 227–8. ISBN   0521669626.
  2. ↑ Redazione (27 June 2001). "Montalbano torna in libreria Già prenotate 250 mila copie". La Repubblica . Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Antonio Debenedetti (22 July 2001). "Montalbano a caccia di un ragioniere". Corriere della Sera . p. 32. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Lucia Rinaldi, Elizabeth Foxwell (2012-03-30). Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction. McFarland & Company, 2012. pp. 107–8. ISBN   978-0786446704.


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