The Patience of the Spider

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The Patience of the Spider
First edition (Italy)
AuthorAndrea Camilleri
Original titleLa pazienza del ragno
TranslatorStephen Sartarelli
CountryItaly, Sicily
LanguageItalian/Sicilian
SeriesInspector Salvo Montalbano, #8
GenreCrime, Mystery novel
PublisherMacmillan/Picador
Publication date
30 September 2004
Published in English
2007
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
ISBN978-0-14-311203-7 (Eng. trans.)
OCLC70294723
LC ClassPQ4863.A3894 G36813 2006
Preceded byRounding the Mark 
Followed byThe Paper Moon 

The Patience of the Spider (orig. Italian La pazienza del ragno) is a 2004 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2007 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the eighth novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series.

Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spider pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in Rounding the Mark, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit he's ever hunted.

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