The Brewer of Preston

The New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano series brings us back to Vig ta in the nineteenth century for a rip-roaring comic novel. 1870s Sicily. Much to the displeasure of Vig ta'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 Vig ta, 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 Vig tese are revving up to wreak havoc on the performance's opening night.