by Andrea Camilleri · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423333400
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«La concesión del teléfono» is Andrea Camilleri's novel of humor and intrigue, published by Destino in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
The plot is set in Sicily at the turn of the 19th to 20th century and follows a private individual's efforts to obtain a private telephone line. Letters, dialogues and colorful characters make up a bureaucratic tangle where corruption, sarcasm and misunderstandings mix with references to real historical figures and events.
Work originally published in Italian in 1998 under the title «La concessione del telefono»; this Spanish edition is from 2001.
For readers looking for a novel of humor and intrigue set in turn-of-the-century Italy, with social criticism and colorful characters.
Andrea Calogero Camilleri was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels.
