{"product_id":"riccardino-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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143136798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\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\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrea Camilleri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181246640309,"sku":"9780143136798","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_27f14622-ac97-40fb-b3d9-07b571a646fe.jpg?v=1768922324","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/riccardino-9780143136798","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}