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Rated 5 starsLatest Translated Montalbano book is terrfic!
Camilleri never disappoints. Montalbano is in true form as he interacts with Fazio, Mimi and Caterella. These books come too slowly for me...I know there new ones in Italian, and hopefully they will also soon to be translated. I recommend reading the book before watching the RAI film...even tho they are true to the books, alot is left unexplained unless you have read it. My favorite crime writer and policeman ever--in...
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Rated 5 starsVolte-face
This is high octane, grand cru Camilleri. For those of you who read my damning 1 star review of the highly unsatisfactory 'August Heat', I personally in person urge you to order this one immediately. It's a sound storyline, full of the essential twists & turns, but also full of fun, humour and iron. Geddit!
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Rated 5 starsMontalbano's New Adventure: Like a Chat With An Old Friend
"The Wings Of The Sphinx," takes the reader into familiar territory: Vigata,and the peculiarities of Sicilian (Italian)law and order. Author Andrea Camilleri, through his marvelous creation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano, explores some of these "peculiarities.' When the body of a young woman, with a distinct tatoo is discovered, it launches Montalbano on an investigation that will lead him into a shadowy world of exploited Russian...
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Rated 5 starsOne of best in the Salvo Montalbano series
Inspector Salvo Montalbano knows his territory--the Sicilian town of Vigata and environs--like the back of his hand, so when criminal activity occurs, he usually has some idea of who might be involved and why. In "The Wings of the Sphinx," another "slaughter of the innocent" has occurred--a beautiful young woman has been shot and her body discarded on a garbage heap. The increasingly world-weary Montalbano finds the crime...
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Rated 5 starsInsults & insights in Sicily
I pounce on any new Montalbano mystery, and have to fight my husband to keep possession. Every book is a treat. The setting is Sicily, where we expect plenty of scandals and skullduggery - and Camilleri delivers. In this book, Inspector Montalbano at 56 is having a crisis with his long-distance girlfriend Livia, while carrying on his usual lifestyle. He's consuming huge quantities of fabulous Sicilian food, making obscene...
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