The Scent of the Night

Inspector Montalbano

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The Scent of the Night

First edition (Italy)
Author Andrea Camilleri
Original title L'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
2001 (orig.) & 2005 (Eng. trans. )
Media type Print (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]

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]

References

  1. Peter Bondanella. 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. Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction. McFarland & Company, 2012. pp. 107–8,. ISBN 0786446706.


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