Copyright, The Other End of the Line

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Originally published in Italian as L’altro capo del filo by Sellerio Editore, Palermo.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Camilleri, Andrea, author. | Sartarelli, Stephen, 1954– translator.

Title: The other end of the line / Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli.

Other titles: L’altro capo del filo. English

Identifiers: LCCN 2019027158 (print) | LCCN 2019027159 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143133773 (paperback) | ISBN 9780525505617 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PQ4863.A3894 A6913 2019 (print) | LCC PQ4863.A3894 (ebook) | DDC 853/.914—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019027158

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019027159

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, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover art: Andy Bridge

Cover design: Paul Buckley