The Wings of the Sphinx
Andrea Camilleri
Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
10 December 2010Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
The Wings of the Sphinx is the eleventh book in the wickedly funny Inspector Montalbano series by Italian author, Andrea Camilleri.
Things are not going well for Inspector Montalbano. His long-distance relationship with Livia is on the rocks, he feels himself getting even older and he's growing tired of the violence in his job.
Then the dead body of a...
Details
10 December 2010288 pages
9780330540544Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Montalbano's colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction todayGuardian
Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superbSunday Times
One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writersDaily Mail
