The Shape of Water
The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series
$32.82
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2020
Summary
The Shape of Water is the first in Andrea Camilleri’s wry, brilliantly compelling Sicilian crime series, featuring Inspector Montalbano.
When the body of respected and prominent engineer Silvio Luparello is discovered in the Pasture, a rubbish-strewn site brimming with drug dealers and prostitutes, the coroner’s verdict is death from natural causes—refreshingly unusual for Sicily.
But Inspector Salvo Montalbano of the Vigàta police force, as honest as he is streetwise and as s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529042023 |
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| ISBN-10: | 152904202X |
| Author: | Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 131mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Inspector Montalbano mysteries |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Montalbano’s colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction today
Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today … Simply superb * Sunday Times *
Montalbano’s colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction today * Guardian *
One of fiction’s greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe’s greatest crime writers * Daily Mail *
Andrea Camilleri
Andrea Camilleri was one of Italy’s most famous contemporary writers. The Inspector Montalbano series, which has sold over 65 million copies worldwide, has been translated into thirty-two languages and was adapted for Italian television. The Potter’s Field, the thirteenth book in the series, was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association’s International Dagger for the best crime novel translated into English. In addition to his phenomenally successful Inspector Montalbano series, he was also the author of the historical comic mysteries Hunting Season and The Brewer of Preston. He died in Rome in July 2019.
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