The Terra-Cotta Dog (Inspector Montalbano, #2)
Andrea Camilleri
The Terra-Cotta Dog opens with a mysterious tete-a-tete with a mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and some dying words that lead inspector Montalbano to a secret grotto in a mountainous cave where two young lovers, dead fifty years and still embracing, are watched over by a life-size terra cotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him, heedless of personal danger, on a journey through the island's past and into a family's dark heart amid the horrors of World War II.'
Publication Year: 2005
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0This, the second title in the hugely popular Inspector Montalbano series, features most everything one could expect from a mystery: secrets, sex, violence, and an interesting protagonist.
Inspector Montalbano works in a fictional town in coastal Southwestern Sicily. Women want him, men want to be like him, etc. This particular series's hook, for me at least, is that Sicilian location. I've spent a lot of time in Sicily, and it ranks among my favorite places on the planet. This book brings to life the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of that magical island, with a particular focus on its gustatorial and oeneological attractions. Author Andrea Camilleri loves to write about food and wine, and one sometimes gets the feeling that he created Inspector Montalbano simply to give him an outlet for this desire. As someone who thinks that Sicilian cuisine, and Sicilian wine, is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy, I am here for it
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