Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Montalbano is feeling his age…
The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano 9)
Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Montalbano is feeling his age…
What you need to know before your trail
Inspector Montalbano is getting older and seems be getting plagued by existential questions. He’s asking himself a lot of questions about who he is and what his role in the world is.
But he doesn’t have time to spend on questions like this as a man has just been found shot in the face at point-blank range with his trousers around his ankles. Definitely a crime scene which suggests a lot but yields little. However before long, two women are identified as the prime suspects.
But when threatening letters start arriving at the police headquarters in Vigàta, the mystery deepens further.
Travel Guide
Vigata or Porto Empedocle?
Vigata may be fictional but it is said to be inspired by Porto Empedocle where the author’s childhood home was.
As with the other Montalbano novels, the author states – ‘As is obvious, the names of …. streets, hotels etc are entirely fictitious and make no reference to reality’. What a shame.
Via Roma
Via Roma – a street through the town where the literary Salvo Montalbano likes to stop at his favourite Caffè Albanese – the real Albanese has changed its name to Bar Vigata. Just down the road, leaning on a lamppost, is a statue of the inspector with a full head of hair and bushy moustache!
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano 9)
Author/Guide Andrea Camilleri Destination: Sicily (fictional Vigata) Porto Empedocle Departure Time: 2000s
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