About this title: This dazzling new book in Andrea Camilleri's international bestselling mystery series brings back earthy and urbane Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano, who must delve deeply into the secret world of illicit trafficking in human lives.
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 014303748X Good overall condition, no markings, pages and binding good, ex library book with standard stamp and pocket. ** Satisfaction Guaranteed ** Orders ship same or next business day. read more
Description: Good. 014303748X This book is in Good Used Condition. The Book shows some signs of wear. There may be some markings inside the book. 100% Money Back Guarantee! ! ! read more
Description: Very Good. 014303748X Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780143037484ISBN:014303748X
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2006-07-25
ISBN-13:9780143037484ISBN:014303748X
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780143037484. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780330442190ISBN:0330442198
Description: Fine in Very Good. jacket. Minor bumping to edges and extremities, otherwise brand new & unread. Next working day dispatch from the UK. Please contact us with any queries. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PAN MACMILLAN Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780330442206ISBN:0330442201
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 350 pages. He began swimming in slow, broad strokes. in a fraction of a second, montalbano realized he'd struck a human foot. excuse me, he said hastily, flipping back onto his belly and looking over at the other. the person beside him didn't answer, because he wasn't doing the dead man's float. he was actually dead. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780330442190ISBN:0330442198
Description: Good. Clean pages good condition overall All new inventory received to basement All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. read more
Description: Good. 1597223395 EX-LIBRARY, READERWEAR AND SHELFWEAR ARE MINOR BUT PRESENT. LIBRARY MARKINGS ARE CONSISTANT WITH TYPICAL LIBRARY STICKERS AND STAMPS. read more
"What's not to like about this cranky, sensitive, Sicilian police investigator and his love of good food. Camilleri and his translator are great reads."
"I have been reading Camilleri's series of books, in the order of their copyrights, featuring Inspector Montalbano of a small town in Sicily. His plots vary fairly widely in interest. This is one of the best so far, having a well-worked-out story with sufficient complications to be satisfying. The author wrote in Italian, and didn't mind sharing local Sicilian frustrations with his fellow Italians. The "local color" continues to fascinate, including the menus. As a Californian, accustomed to our frustration with illegal border-crossers, I was interested in Sicily's problem of hordes of illegals from Africa trying to land in leaky boats, featured in this story. As in California, not all are true refugees, political or economic."
"Am I too stingy with five stars? This one came awfully close.
The best Camilleri in the series so far. One of the advantages of writing a series is that the characters really have room to grow. Once the principle characteristics are laid out in the first few books, it's possible to mark changes in really subtle ways. This is what made Buffy so great; the Xander of season seven was hugely different from the Xander of season one, but the intervening shifts were small and a real pleasure to watch.
Camilleri's characters are undergoing similar shifts in this series. Montalbano is so two dimensional in the first two books that they're almost unreadable. This book continues the huge payoff that started with The Snack Thief. Montalbano is at once cynical and naive - he always expects the worst, but isn't capable of envisioning how bad things can really get. His indignation turns into a vigilante-like desire for justice.
The real star of the series continues to be Stephen Sartarelli. Without expecting any knowledge of the language, Sartarelli manages to convey the subtleties of the Sicilian dialect. Catarella's dialog is a wonder to read. I can't imagine how the books would come out with any other translator. I've read a good bit of crime fiction in translation, and these books are the only ones I think might be better in English."
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
rating
