Series: Commissario Montalbano
by Author Andrea Camilleri
The Paper Moon (2008)
Conforme avanzo en la lectura de la obra de Camilleri, más me convenzo de lo difícil que resulta tratar, durante largos periodos, a un mismo personaje, sin que ello termine por convertir a este en una caricatura de sí mismo. Los dos textos reseñados anteriormente daban cuenta de los esfuerzos de ...
La paura di Montalbano (2003)
This is an anthology of short stories and longer novellas. The two long novellas stand out : L'homme blessé and Le quatrième secret. The first one is a telling tale of innocence and what hides behind a pretty, young face and the second is a wonderful, wonderful piece of how Catarella is just one ...
The Snack Thief (2003)
As I work my way through this series, Andrea Camilleri is quickly becoming one of my favorite crime fiction authors, and Salvo Montalbano one of my favorite characters. How can you not like him? He's grumpy, cantankerous, and crabby and yet he has a compassionate side. He lives for the best, m...
Un mese con Montalbano (1998)
En un mundo en el que las novelas de detectives han tendido a incrementar su complejidad mediante la inserción desmedida de artefactos de alta tecnología, de pruebas que involucran fluidos corporales diversos, materiales, químicos o hasta la densidad de los suspiros, pasando por la exhibición de ...
Gli arancini di Montalbano (2001)
Más cuentitos de Montalbano. Cuentitos de todos colores, cuentitos para todos los gustos. Sin embargo, como pertenecen a la primera era del personaje, son en general buenos cuentos. Historias en las que lo mismo el comisario tiene una puntada genial que mete la pata hasta el fondo, o en las que i...
The Terra-Cotta Dog (2005)
Lo dicho: Camilleri marcha a contracorriente del género negro. Donde el resto de los autores —no todos pero sí, al menos, los que se considera como puntales del género— se afana por incluir sofisticados aparatos que ayudan a encontrar todo tipo de pistas —y a darles un significado preciso, faltab...
The Patience of the Spider (2007)
Segundo libro consecutivo de Camilleri que me deja más o menos satisfecho, más o menos frío. Supongo que, en general, tiene que ver con lo mencionado en mi comentario a Un giro inesperado: debe de ser terriblemente difícil escribir una serie larga sin repetirse a uno mismo, sin caer en el cliché,...
The Smell of the Night (2005)
Rating: 4* of fiveThe Book Report: Salvo Montalbano and the Vigata police force have a strange case, one that's not their case and not particularly important seeming as the Common Knowledge has already given it an ending: A Ponzi-scheme swindler comes home to Vigata after being away most of his l...
Voice of the Violin (2004)
The fourth in the Montalbano series and the most straightforward in terms of narrative. The Inspector finds a corpse, investigates, finds the culprit. This is a straightforward whodunit plot. But there is more in it than that. At one point he is taken off the investigation by the new commissioner...
Excursion to Tindari (2005)
Excursion to Tindari is a puzzler that will intrigue both fans of Camilleri and mystery readers in general. A phone call lands Montalbano in the middle of the case of the dead man at Via Cavour 44. Just one bullet in the middle of the forehead killed young Emanuele 'Nenè' Sanfilippo, and since ...
Rounding the Mark (2006)
¿Qué será lo más difícil que hay al escribir una serie de libros? ¿Mantener el tono? ¿Innovar sin perder el estilo? ¿Conservar la frescura? Quizá una mezcla de los tres. O sea, se requiere ser uno mismo pero, al mismo tiempo, sin fastidiar al lector, sin darle fórmulas, sin escribir lo que pareci...
La sonrisa de Angélica (2010)
Latest book in the Inspector Montalbano series...set in Sicily, translated from Italian...a string of burglaries with a side order of great food, humor, and Sicilian history and travel info. I had forgotten that the author provides a "notes" section in the back of the book, kind of a glossary for...
Angelica's Smile (2010)
Montalbano deve indagare sul misterioso Signor Zeta mente di una banda che mette a segno furti, nell'indagine il commissario dovrà "combattere" con Angelica che da vittima del furto passa ad avere un ruolo importante nell'indagine, Montalbano la paragonerà continuamente al personaggio di nome ang...
The Dance of Seagull (2009)
A real page-turner; I finished this book in a day, which is almost unheard of for me. It's a good Montalbano story -- and one of the funniest in some time. I laughed out loud several times.The plot is complex but not beyond comprehension, and the police procedures are carefully delineated. I w...
La danza de la gaviota (2009)
a further installment of police inspector montabal and his small office of cops in Sicily. this one particularly seems to have lots of "funny" dialog a la marx brothers, and as in many of the previous mysteries, a case ripped from the headlines of a corrupt and failing italian state. this one ch...
La danza del gabbiano (2009)
All the usual elements of the Montalbano books - Livia arrives for an arranged few days off with Salvo, and not only does it not happen but he completely forgets all about her. She removes herself from the scene - for once without too many harsh words. There is the food, the mystery, and the stra...
La pista di sabbia (2007)
I had saved this new Montalbano to read while Viking in Sicily, and it didn't disappoint. If I criticise then the story isn't as strong as the character (singular), and the other role players. However, Conan-Doyle had the same difficulty. Salvo's character gets stronger by he book. He is the arch...
La edad de la duda (2008)
I like these books. As a middle-aged man, I understand what Montalbano is going through as he sees himself getting older, possibly less desirable to women, and still putting up with a bureaucracy that gets in the way more than anything else. The criminal aspect of this book is weak, and the story...
L'età del dubbio (2008)
Ossi (n�vuri) di siccia Dev'esserci una specie di principio dei vasi comunicanti anche nelle lettere; Camilleri sta travasando il mitologico, l'incerto, i colori pastello, il favolistico nei suoi romanzi "laterali" e conseguentemente il prosciugato Montalbano diviene pi� deciso e pratico. Al Sal...
Il campo del vasaio (2008)
For me, one of the better books in the series. There is a lot going on here, but as usual, ever-so-charmingly done. And some genuinely funny - at times you can't help but imagine the events as he describes them and chuckle. Out loud. Which i don't do very often. Some moments of genius and our cha...
Wings Of The Sphinx (2006)
Romanzo letto nel 2007. A parte l'interrogatorio di Montalbano a Morabito, uno dei personaggi coinvolti, che è una pagliacciata mal riuscita, e quell'irritante e persistente vena di maldicenza, di pettegolezzo, di insinuazione, di accenni buttati lì alla "cazzo di cane" nei confronti dei politici...
August Heat (2006)
August Heat, book # 10 to feature Inspector Salvo Montalbano, is hands down my favorite book of the entire series. In a scorching, palpable August heat, Montalbano is volunteered by Livia to find a seaside summer vacation rental (a nearly impossible task) for her friend Laura and Laura's family ...
Ardores de agosto (2006)
Enjoy all the Montalbano books. This one is a fairly light, quick read. As always, Salvo gets onto the wrong foot with Livia (I can't decide whether she is long-suffering or unreasonable); having found a house for her friends to rent for a summer holiday, everything goes wrong. The intense August...
Die schwarze Seele des Sommers: Commissario Montalbanos zehnter Fall (2006)
This could have been the best book in the world and all I would have remembered is the thing about cockroaches. It's literally wiped my mind clean of any other detail about this book. From the two stars, I'm guessing it wasn't one of my favourites. I think the hight point of this series for me is...