{"product_id":"the-snack-thief-9780142004739","title":"The Snack Thief","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily.\" --Donna Leon \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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 Montalbano, with his keen insight into human nature, suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished housecleaner and sometime prostitute, whose young son steals other schoolchildren's midmorning snacks. But Karima disappears, and the young snack thief's life--as well as Montalbano's--is endangered, the Inspector exposes a viper's next of government corruption and international intrigue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142004739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.16w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrea Camilleri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413642342581,"sku":"9780142004739","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c8f4c3db-40fc-4554-a8c1-9b6dfe519a34.jpg?v=1720538090","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-snack-thief-9780142004739","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}