222
ragioniere
Gargano’s:
See A. Camilleri,
The Smell of the Night
.
222 lansquenets:
17th- and 18th-century German mercenary soldiers known for their unruly behavior.
231 the air he was breathing had a rotten yellow color:
As seen in several other books in the series, starting with
The Terra Cotta Dog
, Inspector Montalbano has the synaesthetic ability to envision odors as colors.
Notes by Stephen Sartarelli