{"product_id":"riccardino-andrea-camilleri-9780143136798","title":"Riccardino","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited last novel in the transporting and beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Inspector Montalbano series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At eighty, I foresaw Montalbano's departure from the scene, I got the idea and I didn't let it slip away. So I found myself writing this novel which is the final chapter; the last book in the series. And I sent it to my publisher saying to keep it in a drawer and to publish it only when I am gone.\" -Andrea Camilleri \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMontalbano receives an early-morning phone call, but this time it's not Catarella announcing a murder, but a man called Riccardino who's dialed a wrong number and asks him when he'll be arriving at the meeting. Montalbano, in irritation, says: \"In ten minutes.\" Shortly after, he gets another call, this one announcing the customary murder. A man has been shot and killed outside a bar in front of his three friends. It turns out to be the same man who called him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus begins an intricate investigation further complicated by phone calls from \"the Author\" in tour de force of metafiction and Montalbano's last case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Camilleri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143136798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143136798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.16w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/30\/2021 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2021 pg. 23","brand":"Andrea Camilleri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053495283967,"sku":"9780143136798","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d93ca3b7-8a85-4f2d-8d4b-3078335a9868.jpg?v=1685024665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/riccardino-andrea-camilleri-9780143136798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}