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
International Dublin Literary Award.
Stephen Sartarelli is an award-winning translator and the
author of three books of poetry.
Praise for Andrea Camilleri and the Montalbano Series:
“You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven’t read him yet. Each
novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in
Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction,
blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local
color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as
Mediterranean seafood — altogether transporting. Long live
Camilleri, and long live Montalbano.” —A.J. Finn, #1 New York
Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
“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 Sicily’s mean streets.”
—USA Today
“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’s Los
Angeles.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“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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