The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
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| Author | K. C. Constantine |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | David R. Godine |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 177 |
| ISBN | 0-87923-407-5 |
| OCLC | 7737675 |
| Preceded by | A Fix Like This |
| Followed by | Always a Body To Trade |
The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes is a crime novel by the American writer K. C. Constantine set in 1980s Rocksburg, a fictional, blue-collar, Rust Belt town in Western Pennsylvania, modeled on the author's hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.
Mario Balzic, the protagonist, is an atypical detective for the genre: he is a Serbo-Italian American cop, middle-aged, unpretentious, a family man, and someone who asks questions and uses more sense than force.[1]
The novel opens at Muscotti's Bar, Balzic's refuge, as Jimmy Romanelli sells several baskets of tomatoes to Vinnie, the barkeep.[2] It ends weeks later after a disappearance that sorely challenge the detective skills of Balzic.[3]
It is the fifth book in the 17-volume Rocksburg series.
References
[edit]- ^ "Review: The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes (1982) by K.C. Constantine". www.flashbangmysteries.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes (Mario Balzic Detective…". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- ^ Constantine, K. C. (September 2001). Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes. David R. Godine Publisher. ISBN 978-1-56792-192-2.
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