The snack thief / Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
By: Camilleri, Andrea [author].
Contributor(s): Sartarelli, Stephen [translator].
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Picador, [2003]Description: 297 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780330492973.Subject(s): Police -- Italy -- Sicily -- Fiction | Mystery, thriller & suspenseGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fictionSummary: "When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast, only Inspector Montalbano suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished house cleaner and sometime prostitute, whose young son steals other school children's mid-morning snacks. Karima disappears and the young snack thief's life - as well as Montalbano's - is endangered when the inspector exposes a viper's nest of government corruption and international intrigue."--CoverItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book | Cubao Branch Fiction Area | Fiction | Fic C183s 2003 (Browse shelf) | Available | 115809d |
"When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast, only Inspector Montalbano suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished house cleaner and sometime prostitute, whose young son steals other school children's mid-morning snacks. Karima disappears and the young snack thief's life - as well as Montalbano's - is endangered when the inspector exposes a viper's nest of government corruption and international intrigue."--Cover
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