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Sto caricando le informazioni... Die Spur des Fuchses: Commissario Montalbanos zwölfter Fall. Roman (originale 2007; edizione 2012)di Andrea Camilleri (Autore), Moshe Kahn (Übersetzer)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A very quick outing with Salvo Montalbano and the gang as he works to discover who brutally killed a race horse and left it on the beach near his home. Some actual detecting, a lot of good food, and some beautiful women to complicate Salvo's already fraught relationship with the (un)fair Livia made this one a lot of fun. ( ) Entre incrédulo y horrorizado, el comisario Salvo Montalbano contempla desde su ventana una imagen de pesadilla: un caballo yace muerto sobre la arena. Una rápida inspección a pie de playa le permite constatar que se trata de un magnífico purasangre que ha sido sacrificado con crueldad y ensañamiento. Pese a no ser precisamente un defensor de los animales, el comisario siente la necesidad de llevar ante la justicia a quien haya sido capaz de perpetrar semejante acto. Así pues, con la ayuda de su amiga Ingrid, Montalbano se adentrará en un ambiente al que nos tiene poco acostumbrados: el de los círculos ecuestres, las carreras de caballos y las elegantes fiestas benéficas, un mundo poblado por hombres de negocios de altos vuelos, aristócratas y amazonas de rompe y rasga. Pero de ahí a las apuestas clandestinas y las carreras amañadas apenas media un paso, y Montalbano se colocará en el punto de mira de turbios personajes que lo amenazarán de todos los modos posibles. Incluso, poco faltará para que su casa acabe pasto de las llamas. ¿Qué otra cosa puede esperarse de la mafia? En su máximo esplendor como detective y como seductor, Montalbano se niega en redondo a subsanar las primeras y evidentes huellas del paso del tiempo, como por ejemplo llevar gafas, que le ahorrarían avanzar a tropezones y cometer algún error. Y si bien su relación con Livia sigue atravesando horas bajas, su proverbial apetito y vitalismo socarrón se mantienen indemnes. Inspector Montalbano awakens to find a dead horse on the beach in back of his home, which is removed while he awaits assistance. A champrion racehorse belonging to a beautiful woman and another horse were reported stolen in another district, but Salvo is so disturbed by the violence done to the animal that he investigates. After his home is invaded twice and almost burned down, he concludes it is related to an upcoming mafia trial in which he is a key witness. His dogged determination and love of food prevail although he does once again stray from Livia. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Inspector Salvatore Montalbano wakes from strange dreams to find a gruesomely bludgeoned horse carcass in front of his seaside home. When his men come to investigate, the carcass has disappeared, leaving only a trail in the sand. Then his home is ransacked, and the inspector is certain that the crimes are linked. As he negotiates both the glittering underworld of horseracing and the Mafia's connection to it, Montalbano is aided by his illiterate housekeeper, Adelina, and a Proustian memory of linguate fritte. Longtime fans and new readers alike will be charmed by Montalbano's blend of unorthodox methods, melancholy self-reflection, and love of good food. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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