All That Is Solid Melts Into Air：The Experience of Modernity

AndreaCamilleri'sInspectorMontalbanohasgarneredmillionsoffansworldwidewithhissardonictakeonSicilianlife.Montalbano'slatestcasebeginswithamysterioustêtêàtêtêwithaMafioso,someinexplicablyabandonedlootfromasupermarketheist,anddyingwordsthatleadhimtoanillegalarmscacheinamountaincave.There,theinspectorfindstwoyounglovers,deadforfiftyyearsandstillembracing,watchedoverbyalife-sizedterra-cottadog.Montalbano'spassiontosolvethisoldcrimetakeshimonajourneythroughSicily'spastandintoonefamily'sdarkestsecrets.Withslywitandakeenunderstandingofhumannature,Montalbanoisadetectivewhoseearthiness,compassion,andimaginationmakehimtotallyirresistable.