The Terra-Cotta Dog

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First published in 2002 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc.

Translation copyright Stephen Sartarelli, 2002 All rights reserved

Originally published in Italian as Il cane di terracotta by Sellerio editore. 1996

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Publishers Note

This is a work of ficiton. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or 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. [Cane di terracotta. English] The terra-cotta dog / by Andrea Camilleri ;

translated by Stephen Sartarelli.

p. cm.

ISBN: 1-4362-7198-3

I. Sartarelli, Stephen, 1954 II. Title.

PQ4863.A3894 C3613 2002 853'.914dc21 2002069172

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