Author of the Inspector Montalbano novels has died at 93. These are an outstanding detective series filled with humor and great characters. Many have been translated to English and there are several more left to go.
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Author of the Inspector Montalbano novels has died at 93. These are an outstanding detective series filled with humor and great characters. Many have been translated to English and there are several more left to go.
Thank you-- must look into his books.Anyone interested in his books should start with "The Shape of Water" the first in his Montalbano series. The first paragraph always made me laugh. Interesting article about him in the Guardian.
Andrea Camilleri had the latest, but greatest, career in crime writing | Mark Lawson
The author, who has died aged 93, was almost 70 when he took up the genre, but his novels are as rich with serious thinking as with thrilling plotswww.theguardian.com