Andrea Camilleri, a mega-bestseller in Italy and Germany, is
the author of the New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano
mystery series as well as historical novels that take place in
nineteenth-century Sicily. His books have been made into Italian TV
shows and translated into thirty-two languages. His thirteenth
Montalbano novel, The Potter’s Field, won the Crime Writers’
Association International Dagger Award and was longlisted for the
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
Stephen Sartarelli is an award-winning translator and the
author of three books of poetry.
“The mind games Montalbano plays with Giovanna will keep the pages
turning... Expect the ending to make you squirm, though you have to
admire Camilleri's ability to disarm horror with his particular
charm; the town of Vigàta quietly soldiers on.”—Kirkus
Praise for Andrea Camilleri and the Montalbano Series
“The idiosyncratic Montalbano is totally endearing.”—The New York
Times
“Camilleri is as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is
an investigator.”—The Washington Post Book World
“Hailing from the land of Umberto Eco and La Cosa Nostra,
Montalbano can discuss a pointy-headed book like Western Attitudes
Toward Death as unflinchingly as he can pore over crime-scene snuff
photos. He throws together an extemporaneous lunch of shrimp with
lemon and oil as gracefully as he dodges advances from attractive
women.”—Los Angeles Times
“[Camilleri’s mysteries] offer quirky characters, crisp dialogue,
bright storytelling—and Salvo Montalbano, one of the most engaging
protagonists in detective fiction…Montalbano is a delightful
creation, an honest man on Siciliy’s mean streets.”—USA Today
“Camilleri is as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is
an investigator.”—The Washington Post Book World
“Like Mike Hammer or Sam Spade, Montalbano is the kind of guy who
can’t stay out of trouble…Still, deftly and lovingly translated by
Stephen Sartarelli, Camilleri makes it abundantly clear that under
the gruff, sardonic exterior our inspector has a heart of gold, and
that any outburst, fumbles, or threats are made only in the name of
pursuing truth.”—The Nation
“Camilleri can do a character’s whole backstory in half a
paragraph.”—The New Yorker
“Subtle, sardonic, and molto simpatico: Montalbano is the Latin
re-creation of Philip Marlowe, working in a place that manages to
be both more and less civilized than chandler’ Los Angeles.”—Kirkus
Reviews (starred)
“The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the
sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of
Sicily."—Donna Leon
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