THE BREWER OF PRESTON

The New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano series brings us back to Vigàta in the nineteenth 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 they 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 Vigàtese are revving up to wreak havoc on the performance''s opening night...