The Wings of the Sphinx - Hardcover

Andrea Camilleri:

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0330507648 ISBN 13: 9780330507646

Publisher: London: Mantle, 2010., 2010

Synopsis

[Read by Grover Gardner]

Things are not going well for Inspector Salvo Montalbano. His relationship with Livia is once again on the rocks, and, acutely aware of his age, he is beginning to grow weary of the endless violence he encounters. Then a young woman is found dead, her face half shot off, and there is no hint of her identity except a tattoo of a sphinx moth. The tattoo links her to three similarly marked girls, all victims of the underworld sex trade, who have been rescued from the Mafia night-club circuit by a prominent Catholic charity. The problem is that Montalbano's inquiries elicit an outcry from the Church--and the three other girls are all missing.

About this title

About the Author:

ANDREA CAMILLERI, a number-one bestselling author in Italy and Germany, is the author of the 'Inspector Montalbano' mystery series and several historical novels set in nineteenth-century Sicily. His books have been translated into eight languages.

STEPHEN SARTARELLI is an award-winning translator and poet. He lives in France.

From AudioFile:

Grover Gardner is the perfect performer for Camilleri's series, giving a slyly funny reading of Inspector Montalbano and the Sicilian cops he works with. For instance, he gives the imbecile desk sergeant who can't spell, write clearly, or ever get a name right, an amusing Bronx accent. Great performance, but therein lies a problem. If Catarella is such a buffoon, why does he have a job? The writing (and/or translation) is clunky, and the plotting either predictable or unbelievable, not a good combination. The titular sphinx is a four-winged moth tattooed on a naked dead girl found in a dump on the first page or so. What follows doesn't quite succeed as farce or thriller, but Gardner keeps the experience fairly painless for the listener. B.G. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: London: Mantle, 2010.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0330507648
• ISBN 13: 9780330507646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320