From Andrea Camilleri, the bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano mysteries, comes The Brewer of Preston, a hilarious standalone comedy. 1870s Sicily. Much to the displeasure of Vigata 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 Vigata, a regional representative from the Italian government tasked 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 theatre. The Brewer of Preston, it s called, and the Vigatese are revving up to wreak havoc on the performance s opening night . . .
