The Resource The pyramid of mud, Andrea Camilleri ; Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
The pyramid of mud, Andrea Camilleri ; Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
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- Summary
- On a gloomy morning in Vigàta, a call from Fazio rouses Inspector Montalbano from a nightmare. A man called Giugiù Nicotra has been found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site--a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods. Shot in the back, he had fled into a water supply system tunnel. The investigation gets off to a slow start, but all the evidence points to the world of construction and public contracts, a world just as slimy and impenetrable as mud. As he wades through a world in which construction firms and public officials thrive, Montalbano is obsessed by one thought: that by going to die in the tunnel, Nicotra had been trying to communicate something
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Note
- English translation of: La pirmaide di fango. Palermo: Sellerio Editore, ©2014
- Isbn
- 9780143128083
- Label
- The pyramid of mud
- Title
- The pyramid of mud
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea Camilleri ; Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
- Subject
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- Novels
- trueItaly
- Italy -- Fiction
- trueLawyers
- trueMontalbano, Salvo (Fictitious character)
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character)
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- trueSicily, Italy
- trueAccountants
- trueBuilding sites
- Construction industry -- Corrupt practices
- Construction industry -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction
- trueCorruption
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Fiction
- trueGovernment spending policy
- Italy
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Summary
- On a gloomy morning in Vigàta, a call from Fazio rouses Inspector Montalbano from a nightmare. A man called Giugiù Nicotra has been found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site--a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods. Shot in the back, he had fled into a water supply system tunnel. The investigation gets off to a slow start, but all the evidence points to the world of construction and public contracts, a world just as slimy and impenetrable as mud. As he wades through a world in which construction firms and public officials thrive, Montalbano is obsessed by one thought: that by going to die in the tunnel, Nicotra had been trying to communicate something
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10617441
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1925-2019
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Camilleri, Andrea
- Dewey number
- 853/.914
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Sartarelli, Stephen
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- True
- Series statement
- Salvo Montalbano mysteries
- Series volume
- 0022
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Montalbano, Salvo
- Montalbano, Salvo
- Construction industry
- Murder
- Construction industry
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Murder
- Italy
- Italy
- Label
- The pyramid of mud, Andrea Camilleri ; Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
- Note
- English translation of: La pirmaide di fango. Palermo: Sellerio Editore, ©2014
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1905540
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143128083
- Lccn
- 2017013071
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780143128083
- (OCoLC)982044041
- Label
- The pyramid of mud, Andrea Camilleri ; Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
- Note
- English translation of: La pirmaide di fango. Palermo: Sellerio Editore, ©2014
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1905540
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143128083
- Lccn
- 2017013071
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780143128083
- (OCoLC)982044041
Subject
- Novels
- trueItaly
- Italy -- Fiction
- trueLawyers
- trueMontalbano, Salvo (Fictitious character)
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character)
- Montalbano, Salvo, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- trueSicily, Italy
- trueAccountants
- trueBuilding sites
- Construction industry -- Corrupt practices
- Construction industry -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction
- trueCorruption
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Fiction
- trueGovernment spending policy
- Italy
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