The Scent of the Night

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 Inspector Montalbano series.[1][2][3]

The Scent of the Night
First edition (Italy)
AuthorAndrea Camilleri
Original titleL'odore della notte
TranslatorStephen Sartarelli
LanguageItalian/Sicilian
SeriesInspector Salvo Montalbano, #6
GenreCrime, Mystery novel
PublisherMacmillan/Picador
Publication date
28 June 2001
Publication placeItaly, Sicily
Published in English
2005
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
ISBN0-330-44217-1 (Eng. trans.)
OCLC71347307
Preceded byExcursion to Tindari 
Followed byRounding the Mark 

Plot summary

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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

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The novel openly cites Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily".[4][why?]

References

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  1. ^ Peter Bondanella (2003-07-31). 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 (2012-03-30). Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction. McFarland & Company, 2012. pp. 107–8. ISBN 978-0786446704.