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The Sect of Angels

By: Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli - translator
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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Based on a true story and told with the pacing, humor, and thrills of a Mediterranean mystery, Andrea Camilleri’s novel tells of a turn-of-the-century Sicilian scandal that revealed a tendency that is with us still: the refusal to accept the truth.

The lawyer and journalist Matteo Teresi discovers the existence of a secret sect whose members include priests, politicians, and regional VIPs. During the early morning hours, when the town’s churches are closed, the "Sect of the Angels" meets in the sacristy to carry out their holy office: initiating devout virgins into the rites of married life. Preying on their victims’ naivete, the hooded "elect" commit ignominious acts while promising the young women divine grace.

In 1901, at a time of immense changes in Sicilian society, the scandal breaks nationwide. But far from being hailed as a hero, Teresi is accused of disrupting the status quo and irrationally blamed for an outbreak of disease and a series of calamities.

From the salons, churches, and social clubs of Sicily to the country’s highest courts, Camilleri’s novel is a fast-paced, at times funny, passionately rendered portrait of the machinations of power and the difficult destiny of a local hero.

©2019 Andrea Camilleri (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Small Town & Rural Witty

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There are a lot of long names to get your head around but keep going and you will enjoy this story which has humour as well as pathos in it. The narrator has a lovely voice. To me he sounds like Stanley Tucci.

Excellent book to listen to

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A story loosely woven from real events this is a delightful historical novel set in Sicily in the early C20th.

I was a little concerned about the American accent to begin with. I shouldn’t have been, Grover Gardener is pitch perfect.

Camilieri at his best

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This was a great story with all the machinations of Mafia and Priestly life. Neither of which should ever be riled

I love all works by Camilleri.

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Quite enjoyed this - especially as it was free! A little hard to follow because all the character names are long and the narrator doesn’t use different voices to portray the character. This means you have to concentrate. But I listened to the end.

Original story idea

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