Italian Literature Book Group: The Cook of the Halcyon BY Andrea Camilleri

Dante Italian Book Club: Winter-Spring 2025

Participation is open to all Dante members.  The book selections are mainly by Italian authors of any genre (of course, translated into English).  The group will meet once every 6 weeks, on Friday evening from 5-6:30 pm, in  private homes.  Our self directed group will be facilitated by two co-organizers (Genine & Carol). All 3 books are all available to order through Bookshop Santa Cruz or Thrift Books, taking 1-5 days to ship; digital versions of all three are available immediately through iBooks and probably Amazon, Kindle.

 📚 The March  Book Selection  — The Cook of the Halcyon BY Andrea Camilleri.  An Inspector Montalbano mystery, located in 20th century Sicily

Giovanni Trincanato has brought ruin to the shipyard he inherited from his father and when a worker he fires hangs himself on the construction site, Inspector Montalbano is called to the scene. In short order, the inspector loses his temper with the crass Giovanni, delivers a slap to his face, and unfortunately, it won’t be the last he sees of Trincanato. Meanwhile, a mysterious schooner called Halcyon shows up in the harbor, seemingly deserted except for just one man. With its presence comes even more mysteries, another death, and the arrival of the FBI. Alongside Sicilian-American Agent Pennisi, Montalbano and his team must attempt a suspenseful infiltration operation in this new, page-turning Inspector Montalbano mystery.

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*the size of the group is limited to 10 members.  If you are not yet a paid member of Dante, sign-up here.  

Questions about Book Club? You can message Genine at geninescelfo@gmail.com