More from an Inspector Montalbano Mystery

"The question had been asked by a young guy, and up-and-coming assistant inspector, well-dressed, quick-tongued, and well-toned, with a lock of hair falling rakishly onto his forehead. He looked like a social climbing business type. One saw so many of his ilk these nowadays. A rapidly proliferating race of assholes. Montalbano took an immediate dislike to him."

From "The Patience of the Spider" 2004, by Andrea Camilleri