Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories (An Inspector Montalbano Mystery)

ISBN: 0143121626

Author: Camilleri, Andrea

Condition: New

You either love Andrea Camilleri or you havent read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood - altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano. A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the WindowTwenty-one short stories spanning the beloved Inspector Montalbano's careerInspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels, and now in Montalbanos First Case and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected twenty-one short stories, written with his trademark wit and humor, that follow Italys famous detective through highlight cases of his career. From the title story, featuring a young deputy Montalbano newly assigned to Vigta, to Montalbano Says No, in which the inspector makes a late-night call to Camilleri himself to refuse an outlandish case, this collection is an essential addition to any Inspector Montalbano fans bookshelf and a wonderful way to introduce readers to the internationally bestselling series.