The Snack Thief

THE SNACK THIEF

A N D R E A C A M I L L E R I

Translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Viking

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THE SNACK THIEF

A N D R E A C A M I L L E R I

Translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Viking

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First published in 2003 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

Translation copyright © Stephen Sartarelli, 2003

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Originally published in Italian as Il ladro di merendine by Sellerio editore. © 1996

Sellerio editore via Siracusa 50 Palermo.

Publisher’s Note

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Camilleri, Andrea.

[Ladro di merendine. English]

The snack thief Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli.p>

p. cm.

ISBN: 1-4362-7199-1

I. Sartarelli, Stephen, 1954– II. Title.

PQ4863.A3894L3313 2003

853'.914.dc21

2003041090

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