He grew up in the small sicilian west coast town of empedocle during the dictatorship of italys fascist dictator benito mussolini. Maybe a phrase, a line, a hint somewhere would reveal a reason, any reason, for the elderly couples disappearance. He was born on 6 september 1925 in porto empedocle, italy. Andrea camilleri is the author of the internationally bestselling inspector montalbano mysteries as well as historical novels. In the sixties and seventies, he worked for radiotelevisione italiana rai and he. He is the winner of the crime writers association international dagger award in 2012 and the nino martoglio international book award in 1998.
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