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The Brewer of Preston

By: Andrea Camilleri
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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The New York Times best-selling author of the Inspector Montalbano series brings us back to Vigàta in the 19th century for a rip-roaring comic novel.

1870s, Sicily. Much to the displeasure of Vigàta's stubborn populace, the town has just been unified under the Kingdom of Italy. They're now in the hands of a new government they don't understand and definitely don't like. Eugenio Bortuzzi has been named prefect for Vigàta, a regional representative from the Italian government to oversee the town. But the rowdy and unruly Sicilians don't care much for this rather pompous mainlander nor the mediocre opera he's hell-bent on producing in their new municipal theater. The Brewer of Preston, it's called, and the Vigatese are revving up to wreak havoc on the performance's opening night.

©1995 Sellerio Editore. Translation © 2014 by Stephen Sartarelli (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Wonderfully amusing

What a great reader and story. Many wonderful characters who seem to brim with life and love. Seductions, murder, fires, all written with gorgeous language and wit.

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I didn’t finish the book

I have 34 books by Andrea Camilleri, and I have loved all of them except this one. I did not finish this book. I plan to return it.

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Compelling story, cleverly tcleverly told

Excellent read, as long as you're ok with its non-linear sequencing. The characterizations are rich, the story-telling picaresque. Very funny.

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