The Coronation
Boris Akunin, translated by Andrew Bromfield
"He died in front of my very eyes, this strange and disagreeable gentleman."
"He died in front of my very eyes, this strange and disagreeable gentleman."
"'It looks like you were right about Malaysia,' Trahan called out by way of greeting. “I think we got him.'"
"As Montalbano stood blissfully under the warm, long-awaited water of the shower, he started thinking about that morning of mix-ups."
"The hospital bed was hovering a foot above the floor."
"Once again, Irja was telling the little boy who crouched motionless next to the stove that he shouldn’t worry, that his grandpa would be back soon, any time now, really."
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