The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes

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The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
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First edition
Author K. C. Constantine
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher David R. Godine
Publication date
1982
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages177
ISBN 0-87923-407-5
OCLC 7737675
Preceded by A Fix Like This  
Followed by Always a Body To Trade  

The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes is a crime novel by the American writer K. C. Constantine set in 1980s Rocksburg, a fictional, blue-collar, Rust Belt town in Western Pennsylvania, modeled on the author's hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.

Mario Balzic, the protagonist, is an atypical detective for the genre: he is a Serbo-Italian American cop, middle-aged, unpretentious, a family man, and someone who asks questions and uses more sense than force. [1]

The novel opens at Muscotti's Bar, Balzic's refuge, as Jimmy Romanelli sells several baskets of tomatoes to Vinnie, the barkeep. It ends weeks later after a disappearance that sorely challenge the detective skills of Balzic.

It is the fifth book in the 17-volume Rocksburg series.

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References

  1. "Review: THE MAN WHO LIKED SLOW TOMATOES (1982) by K.C. Constantine | Flash Bang Mysteries". www.flashbangmysteries.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.